It's official: Donald R. Owrey named UPMC Horizon president
Farrell and Greenville , PA — Donald R. Owrey, who has served as UPMC Horizon’s interim president for the past several months, was officially named hospital president this week by the UPMC Horizon board of directors.
“I am very excited about the opportunity to lead UPMC Horizon. It is a great honor for me to work alongside so many dedicated physicians and staff who share my commitment and passion to advance health care in Mercer County,” Mr. Owrey says. “I am grateful to our local hospital board and UPMC for their support, and I look forward to building on the strong foundation that their leadership has provided.”
Mr. Owrey joined UPMC Horizon in 2008 as vice president of clinical operations. He assumed the position of interim president in February when UPMC Horizon’s previous president, Joel Yuhas, was appointed senior vice president, international operations, within UPMC’s International and Commercial Services Division.
A native of New Castle, Mr. Owrey brings to his new role two decades of experience in health care operations. While at UPMC Horizon he has overseen program development efforts between UPMC Horizon and UPMC Passavant, including the recent opening of a collaborative surgical specialty suite in New Castle with Jameson Memorial Hospital; expansion of cardiology, surgical and surgical specialty services; and the launch of the Heart, Lung and Esophageal Surgery Institute at UPMC Horizon, a satellite program of UPMC Presbyterian providing local access to specialists in minimally-invasive thoracic and esophageal surgery.
Before joining UPMC Horizon he served as executive director of Children’s Community Pediatrics, a medical group affiliated with Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, UPMC Health Plan, and served as administrator of the Greenville Medical Center, now part of UPMC Horizon.
A graduate of Thiel College, Mr. Owrey earned a master’s degree in business administration from Robert Morris University. His family including wife Kelly and their three sons Andrew, 13; Matthew, 10; and Luke, 7; are residents of Mercer County.
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