Dr. Cacchione joined Jefferson from Ascension Health, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the U.S., where he was serving as Executive Vice President, Clinical and Network Services (CNS), helping to lead a $28B organization with 165,000 employees across 145 hospitals and 2,600+ care sites in 19 states and the District of Columbia. Before that, he also served as CEO of Ascension Michigan with 15 hospitals and 22,000 employees. Dr. Cacchione is Board Certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and interventional cardiology.

He has been recognized many times for his contributions to his field. Over the course of his 30+ year career, Dr. Cacchione has held numerous leadership roles on a national level and in Pennsylvania for the American College of Cardiology and has served on a number of national and community-based administrative health committees. He has authored and co-authored scholarly papers and presented at national conferences and meetings on healthcare systems, new paradigms in healthcare, cardiology and cardiovascular disease and healthcare administration. He holds active medical licenses in Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania.

This event is free and open to the public.

Contact; acadoffice@chc.edu, and Dr. Lakshmi Atchison, Professor of Biology, Director of Biomedical Lecture Series @ latchiso@chc.edu, Tel: 215-248-7159