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Executive Leadership
William Petasnick Biographical Summary
William Petasnick is president and chief executive officer of Froedtert Hospital and the Froedtert Health system based in Milwaukee, Wis. Froedtert Health is a regional hospital system made up of Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee; Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls; St. Joseps's Hospital, West Bend; and the Froedtert Health Medical Group, with clinic locations throughout Waukesha and Washington counties. In fiscal 2010, combined adult patient admissions for the three hospitals exceeded 44,000.
He is a nationally recognized senior executive, a distinguished community leader, teacher and mentor to students of health care administration.
Petasnick is the 2008 American Hospital Association Board of Trustees chairman and currently chairs the Long-Range Policy Committee. Appointed as an at-large AHA Board member in 2004, he has served on numerous committees and task forces including a special committee on health delivery system fragmentation. |
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Petasnick was the 2003 chair of the Council of Teaching Hospitals and is also a board member of the University HealthSystem Consortium. He has chaired the board of the Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA). He is also a board member of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, the Blood Center of Wisconsin, and the Downtown Rotary Club of Milwaukee.
Petasnick has received numerous awards and special recognition including the Wisconsin Hospital Association 2005 Distinguished Service Award and the 2006 Downtown Rotary Club of Milwaukee Person of the Year for making significant contributions to the Milwaukee community through his profession. In May 2007, Petasnick received an Honorary Doctor of Health Sciences degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in recognition of his national leadership role in health services administration, and is the first individual to receive this honor from the University of Wisconsin system.
He is the author of numerous articles and a frequent speaker at national conferences.
Prior to joining Froedtert in 1993, he was deputy director and chief operating officer, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics; director of operations/chief operating officer, University of North Carolina Hospital; and senior associate director, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics.
He earned a bachelor's of arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a major in Political Science and a masters in Hospital and Health Administration from the University of Minnesota.
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