Michael Lieb has been named as Deborah Heart and Lung Center’s new chief operating officer. Lieb started at the Browns Mills-based health care facility in June and has more than 30 years of senior health care leadership experience.
Leib’s track record of operational excellence, strategic innovation and a deep commitment to patient-centered care will serve him well in his new role where he will be tasked with overseeing the center’s day-to-day operations, drive strategic initiatives and work collaboratively across departments to support continued excellence in clinical quality, safety, patient experience and organizational performance.
A dynamic and results-driven executive, Leib has successfully led multi-hospital systems, academic medical centers, rural and critical access hospitals and complex physician group practices across the country.
“Michael has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership and a clear strategic vision,” Deborah President and CEO Jim Andrews said. “His deep operational knowledge, commitment to teamwork and focus on accountability make him the right leader to help us further strengthen our organization and drive continued progress toward our goals.”
A Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), Lieb most recently served as Interim Vice President of Ambulatory Services at University Hospital in Newark, where he directed operations across 92 academic clinics serving over 260,000 patients annually. He also spearheaded the ambulatory implementation of the Epic Resolute system, significantly improving patient access, provider productivity and revenue cycle performance.
Prior to his time at University Hospital, Lieb held numerous senior executive roles, including Interim CEO of Arbor Health/Morton Hospital in Washington, Regional Vice President/Interim CEO/Director of Physician Practice Management at HealthTech Management Services in Tennessee, and Vice President of Operations/President and CEO of Wadley Health System in Texas for Community Hospital Corporation. He led more than 10 hospitals through complex turnarounds, strategic expansions, EMR and IT overhauls and multi-million-dollar financial recoveries. His work earned national recognition, including oversight of repeated Top 20 Critical Access Hospital awardees ranked by the National Rural Health Association.
Lieb’s career spans some of the most respected names in healthcare, including Methodist Health System, UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he oversaw clinical and ancillary operations, imaging centers, graduate medical education and large-scale capital projects.
