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HealthONE^® Names New Chief Executive Officer At North Suburban Medical Center
Jennifer D. Alderfer Promoted from Chief Operating Officer

THORNTON (May, 2010) – HCA-HealthONE LLC North Suburban Medical Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer D. Alderfer as the new chief executive officer (CEO) at North Suburban Medical Center^®.  Alderfer succeeds Todd Steward, who is now CEO at Saint David’s South Austin Medical Center in Austin, Texas.

North Suburban Medical Center is a 157-bed, medical-surgical hospital that has served North Denver communities for the past 25 years.

Alderfer was promoted from the position of chief operating officer at North Suburban Medical Center.  She had served in that integral leadership role since 2006 and brings more than 10 years of experience in a variety of healthcare management settings within HCA (Hospital Corporation of America), a joint venture partner in HealthONE.

“In addition to having a strong record of success leading hospital operations, Jennifer manages strategic initiatives with the most important objective in mind: providing excellent health care to the people in the communities we serve,” said HealthONE President and CEO Jeff Dorsey. “Her understanding of the hospital and its local markets will help ensure continuity and continued momentum of the facility’s plans for enhanced services and programs.”

Prior positions include chief operating officer of HealthONE’s The Medical Center of Aurora North Campus and Administrative Fellow and Associate Administrator at HCA’s Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas.  Alderfer earned her Master of Health Administration (MHA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees at the University of Colorado.  She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

HealthONE is the largest healthcare system in the metro Denver area with 8,700 employees and 3,000 affiliated physicians. Named Colorado's "Best Company for Working Families (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), the health system was created in 1995 as a 50/50 joint venture between non-profit The Colorado Health Foundation (formerly HealthONE Alliance), Colorado’s second largest charitable foundation, and various affiliates of HCA. 

HealthONE includes: The Medical Center of Aurora and Centennial Medical Plaza; North Suburban Medical Center; Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center and Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children; Rose Medical Center; Sky Ridge Medical Center; Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital; Swedish Medical Center and Swedish Southwest ER; 13 ambulatory surgical centers; more than 30 occupational medicine/rehabilitation, Broncos Sports Medicine, specialty, and outpatient diagnostic imaging clinics; and AirLife, which provides critical care air and ground transportation for an eight-state region. For more information, go to www.HealthONECares.com.

HealthONE-North Suburban Medical Center is a 157-bed licensed hospital with two adjoining medical office buildings, 550 physicians on staff, a Musculoskeletal Surgery Center, Diagnostic Sleep Disorders Center and Center for Weight Loss Surgery.  Located in Thornton, CO, just one block east of I-25, North Suburban offers a wide range of women’s services, critical care, emergency medical services and surgical services.  North Suburban has also been recognized for cardiovascular medicine including a full range of diagnostic procedures and treatments for patients with heart and vascular diseases and is affiliated with the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children.  For more information, visit www.NorthSuburban.com.