Anthony R. Tersigni, EdD, FACHE
President and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Anthony Tersigni was appointed President and CEO of Ascension Health on June 18, 2004. Prior to his appointment as President and CEO, he served as Ascension Health’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from January 2001 through December 2003. He was interim CEO for the System beginning in January 2004.

From 1995 to 2000, Dr. Tersigni was President and Chief Executive Officer at St. John Health, Detroit, Ascension Health’s largest integrated health system. He also served the St. John system as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 1994 to 1995.

He has held senior leadership positions for numerous other healthcare organizations, including the Sisters of St. Joseph Health System, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Sisters of Charity Health Care Systems, Cincinnati; the Detroit Medical Center, Detroit; and Hospital Corporation of America, Nashville, Tenn.

Since 1985, Dr. Tersigni has been a Clinical Professor of Health and Behavioral Sciences at Oakland University, Rochester, Mich.

Dr. Tersigni has served as a board member of many professional and civic organizations and is currently a board member of the Detroit Economic Club and The National Catholic Bioethics Center, and serves as national development co-chair for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. He also serves on the boards of the Catholic Health Association of the United States, the United Way of Greater St. Louis, Inc., the St. Louis Regional Business Council, the St. Louis Regional Chamber & Growth Association where he serves on the Executive Committee, and he is a member of the Board of the Coalition to Protect America’s Health Care. He has been appointed a member of the Board of Governors of Legatus International and a member of the Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America.

Dr. Tersigni was listed as one of Modern Healthcare’s 100 Most Powerful People in Healthcare in 2006 and 2007. He is the recipient of many professional awards.

Dr. Tersigni holds a doctorate in the field of leadership/organizational development from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Mich.

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