Dr. Mark Schafer, chief medical officer for the MemorialCare Medical Foundation, will be promoted to CEO of the Fountain Valley, Calif.-based system upon the retirement of Patrick Kapsner on Jan. 1.
Covering Orange and Los Angeles counties, the not-for-profit MemorialCare system includes 2,000 employed and affiliated physicians operating within either the MemorialCare Medical Group or the Greater Newport Physicians Independent Practice Association.