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Methodist Hospital Names New COO

Steven A. Sisto comes ran a six-hospital system in Arizona.

Adapted from a Methodist Hospital press release.

Arcadia Methodist Hospital has appointed Arizona healthcare executive Steven A. Sisto as its senior vice president and chief operating officer.

“We are very fortunate to have such a talented executive join our team,” President and CEO Dan Ausman said in a statement released to media. “Steve is an engaging leader, and his collaborative style fosters a can-do problem solving attitude that can quickly cut across all hospital departments to forge a working alliance with leaders, staff and physicians to improve service and satisfaction.”

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Sisto boasts more than 20 years of operational experience as a healthcare executive, most recently as the vice president of operations for a large six-hospital system in Arizona, where he was responsible for coordinating operational initiatives, capital budgeting, facility construction, regional strategies for consolidated engineering, security and biomed across the system.

“Steve is skilled in all areas of operational management, ranging from productivity to lean to expense management, managing multi-disciplinary service line committees to improve service, and holding staff accountable to achieving our goals,” Ausman said.

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Sisto, who assumed his new duties Jan. 3, has also served as a CEO for a 132-bed acute care facility and as a hospital COO at four other California acute care facilities ranging in size from 150 beds to a 348-bed tertiary-care trauma hospital.

He received his bachelor of science in healthcare administration from the University of La Verne and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Married with six children, Sisto said he is happy to be back in California and closer to family.


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