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New Chief of Staff named for Vidant Medical Center

Published: Tuesday, December 30th, 2014 @ 4:31 pm
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    GREENVILLE     Dr. Suzanne Kraemer has been named the Chief of Staff for Vidant Medical Center, effective Jan. 1, 2015. She will be replacing Dr. Gregory Murphy who has held the position for the last year.

    The Chief of Staff represents the medical staff and works directly with Vidant Medical Center president Brian Floyd and Vidant Health Interim CEO Janet Mullaney in all matters of mutual concern. The position is one-year appointment that rotates between private practice and ECU physicians.

    Dr. Kraemer graduated from Wright State University of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio as a member of the medical honor society Alpha Omega Alpha. She completed a three-year Internal Medicine residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin and served as a fourth year Chief Medical Resident. Dr. Kraemer is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is recognized as a fellow of the American College of Physicians. She is an active member of the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine, the North Carolina and Pitt County Medical Society, and the Society of General Internal Medicine.

The Chief of Staff elect for Vidant Medical Center is Dr. Richard D'Alonzo with East Carolina Anesthesia Associates.
    Dr. Kraemer currently works as a clinical professor at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. She also serves as the program director of the internal medicine residency of The Brody School of Medicine and Vidant Medical Center.

   Contact: Amy Holcombe, Vidant Health Corporate Communications,

     amy.holcombe@vidanthealth.com • (252) 847-2725

    Vidant Health, a mission-driven, not-for-profit corporation, owns, leases or has a majority membership interest in nine eastern North Carolina hospitals and has a management agreement with one other. The health system includes Albemarle Health, Vidant Beaufort Hospital, Vidant Bertie Hospital, Vidant Chowan Hospital, Vidant Duplin Hospital, Vidant Edgecombe Hospital, The Outer Banks Hospital, Vidant Medical Center, Vidant Pungo Hospital, Vidant Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Vidant Home Health and Hospice, Vidant Wellness Centers, Vidant Medical Group and is affiliated with the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. On the web at www.vidanthealth.com

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Gene Scarborough said:

( December 31st, 2014 @ 6:38 am )

I would hope this new person will help Vidant rediscover doing medicine as a service rather than a a big money-maker . . .

We must realize, HOWEVER, the the CEO is a businessman who only gets big raises with black ink way over red ink at Belhaven --- and soon at Washington.

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