{"id":786507,"date":"2026-07-07T17:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786507\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:28:09","slug":"new-ceo-named-at-sault-area-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786507\/","title":{"rendered":"New CEO named at Sault Area Hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Murray Doucette will start his new job on Sept. 9<\/p>\n<p>NEWS RELEASE<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSAULT AREA HOSPITAL<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n***********************<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Board of Directors of Sault Area Hospital (SAH) is pleased to announce the appointment of Murray Doucette as the next President and Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n<p>Murray is a senior health-care executive with nearly 30 years of leadership experience across provincial health systems, academic health centres, long\u2011term care organizations, and public\u2011sector institutions.<\/p>\n<p>He is recognized for his people\u2011centred leadership style, strong partnership\u2011building skills, and commitment to transparency, accountability, and organizational excellence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMurray brings the experience, values, and leadership approach that align strongly with SAH\u2019s mission and the needs of our community,\u201d said Mark Lepore, Board Chair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis focus on learning the system, understanding the community, and advancing SAH\u2019s strategic plan will support a smooth and thoughtful transition,&#8221; Lepore said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am honoured to join Sault Area Hospital and to serve the Algoma community. In these early months, my focus will be on listening, learning, and building strong relationships with the people who make SAH such an important part of this region,&#8221;\u00a0said Murray Doucette, Incoming President and Chief Executive Officer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I look forward to understanding the priorities of our staff, physicians, volunteers, patients, families, and partners, and to working together to advance SAH\u2019s strategic plan and strengthen the care we provide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Board also extends its sincere appreciation to interim President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Zambusi for his leadership and dedication throughout the transition.<\/p>\n<p>Murray\u2019s anticipated start date is Sept. 9, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>***********************<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Murray Doucette will start his new job on Sept. 9 NEWS RELEASE&#13; SAULT AREA HOSPITAL&#13; ***********************&#13; The Board&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392,278032],"class_list":["post-786507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-sault-area-hospitalmurray-doucette"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}