Partners HealthCare President and CEO Samuel O. Thier, MD in February that he will step down from his position effective January 1, 2003. James J. Mongan, MD, president, MGH, has been selected as Thier’s successor.
Thier has been an officer of Partners since 1994 and has held his current position since 1996. Mongan has been president of the MGH since 1996.
Prior to his tenure at MGH, Mongan served as the executive director of Truman Medical Center in Kansas City as well as Dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. In addition, Mongan held various senior level health policy positions in the U.S. Congress and the Carter Administration including Assistant Surgeon General. Mongan received his bachelor’s and medical degrees from Stanford University.
The MGH Board of Directors has indicated that it will launch a search process for Mongan’s successor.