Laura Kaiser has been named president and CEO of SSM Health, effective May 1. She will succeed William Thompson, who is retiring after 37 years with St. Louis-based SSM, the past six years as chief executive.
Kaiser, 56, comes to SSM from Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, where she was executive vice president and COO. Before joining Intermountain, she spent 15 years at Ascension Health, serving in a number of leadership roles, including ministry market leader for the Gulf Coast/Florida region for Ascension and as president and CEO at Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola, Fla.