AHA Section for Maternal and Child Health names 2015 leaders
Maribeth McLaughlin R.N., chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC in Pittsburgh, will lead the AHA's Constituency Section for Maternal and Child Health as 2015 chair of its governing council. Jim Shmerling, president and CEO of Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, is this year’s chair-elect and will become chair in 2016. The constituency section supports hospital providers of women’s and children’s health services as they build systems of care to improve the health status of their communities. For more on its governing council, see the AHA news release.
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