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Providence, RI-based Lisa Abbott as Senior Vice President of Human Resources
About the Company
Lifespan, Rhode Island`s first health system, was founded in 1994 by Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. A comprehensive, integrated, academic health system affiliated with The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Lifespan`s present partners also include Rhode Island Hospital`s pediatric division, Hasbro Children`s Hospital; Bradley Hospital; and Newport Hospital. A not-for-profit organization, Lifespan is overseen by a board of volunteer community leaders who are guided by its mission: Delivering Health with Care.
About the Person
Lisa Abbott, MBA, is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Lifespan. Abbott started on March 1, 2016. Abbott joined Lifespan from Penn State Hershey Medical Center, in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where she served as associate vice president for health affairs for human resources and chief human resources officer. Penn State Hershey has approximately 10,000 employees, including 1,100 clinicians and scientists, and consists of a 550-bed adult and children`s hospital, rehabilitation hospital and psychiatric hospital. Abbott`s previous experience includes serving as senior director for human resources at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Abbott holds an MBA in international business from Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York.
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