Advocate Aurora Health drops co-CEO idea, names Hinsdale man as its chief
Editor's note: A previous version have an incorrect number of hospitals. Advocate Aurora Health has 28 hospitals.
The longtime president of Advocate Health Care has been named the sole chief executive officer of the Advocate Aurora Health system.
Jim Skogsbergh will become president and CEO immediately, according to a news release.
He has been co-president and co-CEO of the system since it formed in April 2018 through the merger of Illinois-based Advocate and Wisconsin-based Aurora Health.
It did so after a review with an independent adviser, according to the release. The other co-CEO and president, Dr. Nick Turkal, is leaving the company "to pursue other interests," it said.
Skogsbergh, of Hinsdale, became Advocate's chief operating officer in 2001 and its president and CEO in 2002.
Advocate Aurora Health is a not-for-profit health system with more than 70,000 employees and 500 sites, including 28 hospitals. Local hospitals include Good Shepherd, Good Samaritan, Lutheran General, Condell, Sherman and Christ.