“Dr. Alexander-Rager cares deeply about this institution, our employees and our community,” MetroHealth Board of Trustees Chair Dr. E. Harry Walker said in a prepared statement.
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“In her 27 years at MetroHealth as a primary care physician, she has always put our patients’ well-being at the center of every decision, every initiative and every moment of care. Her vision for MetroHealth and her deep commitment to our mission make her the ideal leader to guide us forward.”
Throughout her career, Alexander-Rager has held a variety of roles with MetroHealth, including 14 years as chair of family medicine. She founded the health system’s School Health Program, a collaboration with area school districts that brings in-school clinics and services to students and families.
“There is no group of caregivers more devoted, more caring and more committed to patients and to our community than MetroHealth’s 9,000 caregivers,” Alexander-Rager said in a statement. “It is an honor to be leading them and to be guiding our health system into the future.”
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Alexander-Rager earned her medical degree from Ohio State University’s College of Medicine & Public Health. She completed her residency in family medicine at Philadelphia’s Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, along with fellowships in family medicine and obstetrics and academic medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s St. Margaret and Mercy hospitals.
This story first appeared in Crain's Cleveland Business.