Ascension Health: Robert J. Henkel, FACHE, President, Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer

Robert J. Henkel, President, Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer

Robert J. Henkel, FACHE
President, Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer

Robert J. Henkel is the President, Healthcare Operations and Chief Operating Officer at Ascension Health. Prior to his appointment, he served as President of the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic States Operating Group at Ascension Health. In that role, he was responsible for healthcare operations in Connecticut, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin.

Mr. Henkel has held executive positions with numerous other healthcare organizations, including the Daughters of Charity National Health System, St. Louis, Missouri; Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, Florida; SSM Health Care in St. Louis, Missouri; and Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.

He currently serves as a Board Member of the Marian Middle School in St. Louis, Missouri; Board member of the CHAN Healthcare Auditors; member of the University of Rochester Graduate School of Business Health Sciences Board; fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives; and member of the Healthcare Executives Network. He has also served as the Chairman of the Columbia St. Mary’s Board of Trustees, Milwaukee.

Mr. Henkel received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., and a master’s degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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