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Big Changes Announced This Week at SSM St. Clare Health Center

Hoefer will begin leading the hospital Jan. 3 2012. Ell will oversee philanthropy and fund-raising.

Two big changes were announced this week at SSM St. Clare Health Center, 1015 Bowles Ave. Fenton.

Robert William (Bill) Hoefer was named as president of SSM St. Clare. In addition to leading the 174-bed hospital, which opened in 2009, Hoefer will serve as  executive for the SSM Neurosciences Institute.

Hoefer will begin his duties on Jan. 3, 2012. He replaces Sherry Hausmann, who resigned this spring as SSM St. Clare’s original president to accept a position out-of-state.

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Hoefer has spent 16 years with Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, Va., a non-profit, 10-hospital system located throughout Virginia and North Carolina. For the past four years, Hoefer served as vice president of operations for Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, a 543-bed tertiary care facility.

A fellow of the American College of Healthcare executives, Hoefer earned his master’s degree in health care administration from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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In another major announcemnet, Susan J. Ell has been appointed as the first network vice president for SSM Health Care – St. Louis foundation. She will oversee philanthropy and fund-raising programs at the five adult hospitals with direct responsibility for the foundation work at SSM St. Clare.

Most recently, Ell served as president and chief development officer for Advocate Health Care Charitable Foundation in Chicago, the largest health care system in Illinois. Her career has included serving as a registered nurse and earning a Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law.


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