070: Leadership through Change: Insights from Michael Duncan, CEO Chester County Penn Medicine Hospital

As a Board Member of Chester County Hospital for several years prior to Michael Duncan’s arrival, Patti was familiar with the financials of the Hospital. Within a year of Michael’s appointment to Hospital CEO, he was laying out a $300 million expansion proposal for the future of Chester County’s beloved independent hospital. Patti and Michael discuss the challenges his leadership faced, how he overcame them, and led them through the biggest expansion and future acquisition of the Hospital by Penn Medicine. Recognized by Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry as the 2021 Executive of the Year, learn how Michael’s leadership has now turned Chester County Penn Medicine Hospital into the #1 community-based hospital in Pennsylvania – according to Newsweek magazine. This is part one of a two-part series.