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Dennis
D. Keefe
Chief Executive Officer, Cambridge Health Alliance
Dennis Keefe has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge
Health Alliance (CHA) and the Commissioner of Public Health for
the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 2002. Under Mr. Keefe's
leadership, CHA has grown significantly, becoming an over $1 Billion
integrated healthcare delivery system. He has overseen the implementation
of significant capital and program improvements including a new
emergency department at the Whidden Hospital campus, a new Breast
Center at the Cambridge Hospital campus, and a number of new technologies
throughout the organization. Mr. Keefe also led CHA through a significant
service reconfiguration plan which stabilized the foundation of
CHA to serve its employees and patients now and in the future.
Mr. Keefe has worked in academic teaching facilities and community
hospitals for over 30 years with experience as both Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Financial Officer. He previously worked at CHA
as an Associate Administrator of Professional Services and Chief
Operating Officer, managing the day-to-day operations of what was
then a $350 Million system.
Mr. Keefe is the current Chair of the Massachusetts Hospital Association
(MHA). In this position, he is instrumental in guiding MHA in its
mission to advance the health of individuals and communities throughout
the state by serving as the leading voice for all Massachusetts
hospitals and healthcare systems. Additionally, he sits on the executive
committee of the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health
Systems and currently is Board Chair of the National Public Health
and Hospital Institute.
In 2008, Mr. Keefe was honored with a lifetime achievement award
from Massachusetts advocacy organization Health Care for All for
his efforts to improve access to medical care in Massachusetts and,
in 2009, received the American College of Healthcare Executives'
Massachusetts Healthcare Executive of the Year Award.
He is a highest honors graduate of Northeastern University where
he received the Dean's Citation Award as the top student in the
Health Sciences Program. Mr. Keefe also earned a master's degree
in business administration, with a focus in health care administration,
from Northeastern University, and was honored as the 2005 Alumnus
of the Year by Northeastern University.
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