Patrick J. Madden
Ascension Health Gulf Coast/North Florida Ministry Market Leader
President and Chief Executive Officer, Sacred Heart Health System, Pensacola, Fla.

Patrick J. Madden is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sacred Heart Health System, Pensacola, Fla. He also serves as the Gulf Coast/North Florida Ministry Market Leader for Ascension Health. He provides strategic and operational leadership for Sacred Heart Health System while promoting alignment among Health Ministries within the Gulf Coast/North Florida market and with the System Office on issues related to Mission and Vision. In addition, Mr. Madden shares accountability for strategic positioning and operational performance of the Health Ministries across North Florida and southern Alabama including Sacred Heart Health System; St. Vincent's HealthCare, Jacksonville, Fla., and Providence Hospital, Mobile, Ala.

Mr. Madden has more than 35 years of experience in healthcare administration. Prior to joining Sacred Heart in 1995, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. for eight years, and as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Park Ridge Health Services Corporation, also in Rochester. Mr. Madden also worked on Wall Street and for the oil industry.

He earned a master's degree in business administration from Fordham University in New York and has two undergraduate degrees from City College of New York. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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