Renown Health CEO, Dr. Tony Slonim Elected to Highest Office with American Hospital Association.
Renown Health President and CEO,Anthony Slonim, M.D., DrPH, FACHE, has been elected to serve as amember of the American Hospital Association(AHA) Board of Trusteesforathree-yearterm beginningJan.1,2022.TheBoardofTrusteesisthe highest policymaking body of the AHA and has ultimate authorityforthegovernanceandmanagement oftheorganization.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organizationthatrepresentsover40,000individualmembersandservesover5,000 hospitals,healthcarenetworks,andtheir patients andcommunities.
As a representative and advocate for those serving in the health care field, Dr. Slonim's role as a Trustee will be to ensure that members' perspectives and needs are heard and addressed in national health policy development, legislative and regulatory debates, and judicial matters.
Dr. Slonim joins an elite list of CEOs from the nation’s most respected health care organizations in AHA Board service, including Yale NewHavenHealth(CT),DartmouthHitchcockHealth(NH),ProvidenceHealth(WA),HenryFordHealth(MI),UMassMemorialHealth(MA), Vanderbilt University Medical Center (TN), and Advocate Aurora Health(WI). The American Hospital Association was founded in 1898, the same year Marie Curie began studying uraniumasatreatmentforcancer.Dr.SlonimisamongthefirsthealthcareleadersfromNevadaelectedtoserveontheAHABoard ofTrustees.
Inanannouncementtothenationalmedia,theAHAwrote,“AnthonySlonim,MD,DrPH,leadsRenown'scharitablemission of making a genuine difference in the community's health and well-being for one of the nation's mostinnovative andprogressivehealthsystems.”
Steve Sisolak, Governor of the State of Nevada, in support of Dr. Slonim’s nomination wrote, “Both Dr. Slonim and Ishareacommoninterestforimprovingthe healthofover3millionresidentsofour state.I urgeyoutoappoint himtothisposition,ashis nationalleadershipwouldbenefittheAmericanHospitalAssociation,ourstateandour nation.”
Brian Sandoval, President of the University of Nevada wrote in his nomination, “Dr. Slonim has always answeredthe call, and worked with me to improve health through proactive community-based prevention, to create anexceptional healthcare system for those with acute and chronic diseases, and to care for all people in ourcommunity.”
Bill Welch, President and CEO of the Nevada Hospital Association, wrote in support, “I consider Dr. Anthony Slonim tobeoneof themostextraordinaryleaders inhealthcaretoday.”
Dr. Slonim is recognized nationally as a thought and opinion leader who does not accept the status quo. He is aquadruple board-certified physician by training and holds a Doctorate in Public Health and Health Policy withFellowships in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), American Association of Physician Leaders(AAPL), and the College of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Slonim’s holds a university appointment at the University ofNevada, Reno School of Medicine, is a highly sought after speaker on healthcare trends and leadership development,holdsaSixSigmaBlackBeltandis a2-timeTEDxspeaker.Dr.Slonimhasauthoredmorethan120publications,15textbooks, and has millions of dollars in research funding to his name. Modern Healthcare has named Dr. Slonim asone of the 50 Most Influential Leaders in Healthcare. He has been named to Becker's Hospital Review's "PhysicianLeaders toKnow" listsince2014.
Before joining Renown Health in 2014, Slonim served on the senior leadership teams for Barnabas Health in NewJersey,Carilion ClinicinVirginia andChildren'sNationalMedicalCenterinWashington,D.C.Slonim,who wasalsoa registered nurse, got his medical degree from New York Medical College, served four years in the U.S. PublicService Commissioned Corps as a commander, and earned both his master's and doctoral degrees in public healthand healthpolicyfromTheGeorgeWashingtonUniversity's CenterforHealthPolicyStudies.
Renown Health is a locally governed, not-for-profit integrated healthcare network serving northern Nevada, Lake Tahoe and northeast California. Renown has a long tradition and commitment to improving the care and the health of our community. For more information, visit renown.org.
