Scialdone named CEO of Memorial Health System

Michael Scialdone has been named CEO of Memorial Health System, owned by the city of Colorado Springs, Colo., effective Oct. 1.

Scialdone has been serving as interim CEO since May 2012, when Dr. Larry McEvoy left the organization.

On August 28, Colorado Springs voters approved the terms of a long-term lease under which Memorial's namesake 548-bed hospital and other assets will be operated by the newly formed University of Colorado Health system as part of an almost $1.8 billion deal. The UC Health system is a joint venture between the 437-bed University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora and the Poudre Valley System. Poudre Valley System includes the two-campus 238-bed Poudre Valley Hospital, Fort Collins; and 136-bed Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland.

Scialdone, 47, joined Memorial in 2008 and held the post of senior VP and CFO before being named interim CEO.

"Mike has been a great asset in helping us understand the needs of Memorial and the community it serves, as well as its employees," UC Health CEO Bruce Schroffel said in a Sept. 24 letter to staff. "He has served as a role model in working with the physicians, the staff and the entire community."

Scialdone previously worked as the CFO of Centura Health's Penrose-St. Francis Health Services in Colorado Springs.