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<p>Geisinger&#8217;s CEO is headed to the tech industry, officials with the Danville-based health system announced Thursday, with an experienced internal candidate taking the reins as he departs.</p><p>Dr. David T. Feinberg will leave Geisinger Jan. 3 for a &#8220;a leadership role&#8221; with Google, a release issued Thursday evening stated.</p><p>The Geisinger board has appointed Dr. Jaewon Ryu interim president and CEO effective Dec. 1, with the overlap between leaders intended &#8220;to help facilitate a smooth transition,&#8221; the release added.</p><p>Feinberg, who has been with Geisinger since 2015, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-picks-geisinger-health-ceo-to-oversee-health-care-initiatives-1541712775" target="_blank">was selected by Google to oversee health-care initiatives, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday</a>.</p><p>Ryu, meanwhile, has served as executive vice president and chief medical officer at Geisinger since September 2016.</p><p>With approximately 32,000 employees and 1,800 physicians, Geisinger serves more than 1.5 million patients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.</p><p>Its footprint covers 13 hospital campuses &#8212; including Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center and Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre &#8212; a nearly 600,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.</p><p><strong>Message to staff</strong></p><p>In an email to staff obtained by the Times Leader, Ryu said there will be a series of &#8220;virtual town halls&#8221; next week, in which he and other members of the executive leadership team will discuss the announcement in greater detail and answer questions.</p><p>&#8220;While I&#8217;m writing today with news of a change in leadership, I want to assure you that our guiding principles remain the same and we will build on our caring purpose and our legacy of putting patients at the center of all that we do, while maintaining our commitment to research, education and innovation,&#8221; Ryu wrote.</p><p>&#8220;Simply put, it remains business as usual, and I look forward to working with you as we continue to focus on improving patient access, expanding our value-based care model and strengthening the relationships between Geisinger&#8217;s physicians and employees and the patients, families, members and communities we serve,&#8221; he added.</p><p><strong>Ryu&#8217;s background</strong></p><p>Ryu earned his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his medical and law degrees from The University of Chicago. Dr. Ryu completed his internship and residency training in emergency medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.</p><p>Immediately prior to joining Geisinger, Ryu served as President of Integrated Care Delivery for Humana in Louisville, Ky.</p><p>&#8220;Dr. Ryu has a deep understanding of the Geisinger organization and culture in addition to his management and physician experience, making him an ideal fit to lead the organization during this transition,&#8221; Geisinger&#8217;s statement continued.</p><p>&#8220;As chief medical officer, Dr. Ryu has overseen all aspects of patient care at Geisinger, working to improve patient access, expand our value-based care model and foster more open communication to strengthen the relationships between Geisinger&#8217;s physicians and employees and the patients, families and communities we serve,&#8221; the statement added.</p><p>Feinberg said it has been &#8220;a great privilege&#8221; to lead the organization, with a compliment for the man who will lead that organization through the transition.</p><p>&#8220;I know that I am leaving Geisinger in capable hands,&#8221; Feinberg said.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Dr. Jaewon Ryu named interim leader</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Roger DuPuis</p><p>rdupuis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Geisinger’s Feinberg headed to Google; Ryu takes reins