{"id":58348,"date":"2025-07-12T01:35:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T01:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58348\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T01:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T01:35:17","slug":"health-care-veteran-to-take-helm-at-phoenix-childrens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/58348\/","title":{"rendered":"Health care veteran to take helm at Phoenix Children’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoenix Children\u2019s has named a pediatric health care veteran as the hospital\u2019s new president and CEO, taking over later this year from longtime leader Robert Meyer.<\/p>\n

The hospital\u2019s board of directors said July 8 that it chose John Nickens IV for the post. Nickens is currently the corporate president of hospitals and CEO of University Medical Center for LCMC Health, a large regional health system based in New Orleans, Louisiana.<\/p>\n

Meyer, who has led Phoenix Children\u2019s for more than 23 years,\u00a0announced his retirement in February<\/a>\u00a0but didn\u2019t set a departure date at the time. He has been working with the board of directors to oversee the hiring of his successor through a national search process.<\/p>\n

Phoenix Children\u2019s said Nickens will work with Meyer during a September transition period, and he will officially step into his new role on or before Oct. 1.<\/p>\n

This story is posted in partnership with Phoenix Business Journal. Click to read the full story.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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