MetroWest Medical Center CEO resigns, replaced by interim leader from Florida
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John Whitlock has resigned from his role as CEO of MetroWest Medical Center.
John Whitlock, CEO of MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, has resigned, putting an end to the tenure of the hospital’s sixth leader since 2017.
Whitlock’s exit came in early April, said Shelly Weiss Friedberg, director, public relations of the medical center’s parent company Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, in an email to WBJ.
He had served as the medical center’s permanent CEO since July 2023 after previously acting in an interim capacity since January of that year, making him the longest-serving CEO out of the center’s previous four leaders since December 2020.
“John Whitlock stepped down from CEO of MetroWest Medical Center in early April to return to a finance leadership role with another health system. We remain grateful for John's contributions during his tenure with our organization,” Weiss Friedberg said in the email.
Whitlock did not return WBJ’s request for comment and LinkedIn profile had not been updated with his new position as of 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday.
MetroWest Medical Center has named George Rizzuto as interim CEO. Rizzuto comes to Framingham after previously serving as CEO of West Boca Medical Center in Florida for nearly six years, retiring from the role in 2019, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Whitlock joined MetroWest from his role as CFO at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, succeeding David Elgarico, who exited the CEO position after just seven months to return to his family on the West Coast.
Prior to Elgarico, former Saint Vincent CEO Carolyn Jackson acted as interim after Ava Collins stepped away from the C-suite role after just 17 months on the job. Before her, Andrew Harding served as interim and then permanent CEO from September 2018 to December 2020 after Jeffrey Liebman held the role for about a year, resigning in August 2018.
Mica Kanner-Mascolo is a staff writer at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the healthcare and diversity, equity, and inclusion industries.
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