After 40 years with the Detroit Medical Center system, Iris Taylor will retire this year as CEO of Detroit Receiving Hospital.
Taylor, 62, started at the hospital in 1975 as head staff nurse, and quickly worked her way up the corporate ladder. She'll end her career with the DMC on March 27.
After serving as head staff nurse, Taylor became assistant director, director and then VP of nursing services at Detroit Receiving and University Health Center. In 1999, her position was expanded to chief nursing officer and senior VP of patient care within the DMC system.
Later in 2002, Taylor was named president of DMC Harper University Hospital and Hutzel Women's Hospital, and later as chief business officer. She has spent nearly 10 years at Detroit Receiving, and has expanded the hospital's service lines to include geriatrics, urology, neurosurgery, palliative care and other new specialties.
The DMC has initiated a search for Taylor's replacement.
Follow Adam Rubenfire on Twitter: @arubenfire
