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Regent Surgical Health Names New COO

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Regent Surgical Health of Westchester, Illinois, promoted Bob Ryan to chief operating officer (COO), according to a release. Ryan, who joined the company in early 2016 as vice president of operations for the northeast, has more than 25 years of experience working with physician partnerships in multi-site health-care facilities and managing physician/hospital-ASC joint venture partnerships.

In his previous role, Ryan was responsible for overseeing daily operations for multiple Regent surgery centers, working with administrators and surgery center management to ensure clinical readiness. He led the company’s relationships with organizations such as the Christiana Care Health System of Delaware, Catholic Health Services of Long Island in New York and Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Endosurgical Center in New Jersey.

As COO, Ryan will oversee Regent operations in the US and abroad for Regent’s 25 partner centers, including 18 hospital/physician joint ventures and several new ventures under development.

Prior to joining Regent, Ryan served as senior vice president at TLC Vision. He earned a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from Rutgers University, Ernest Mario College of Pharmacy.