James W. Donovan

James W. Donovan
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James W. DonovanJames W. Donovan will serve as president and CEO of both St. Andrews and Miles Health Care centers beginning in June.

The St. Andrews/Miles Board of Trustees is pleased to announce a new President and CEO has accepted the leadership role for both organizations.

James W. Donovan, who is currently serving as the Associate Vice President of Medical Affairs at Maine Medical Center, will take on his new role in June.

With more than 27 years of experience as a health care executive, Donovan has held top health care positions in Maine, including President and CEO of Brighton Medical Center in Portland and President and CEO of the Maine Partners Health Plan, a managed care organization which was owned jointly by Maine Medical Center and Anthem.

During his 10-year term as CEO of Brighton Medical Center, Donovan's efforts created a sound clinical and financial base for the organization.His cooperative approach to providing health care led to the development and implementation of a full merger of programs, services and clinical staff between Brighton and Maine Medical Center.That plan was implemented without employee layoffs and with an annual savings to the community of more than $5,000,000.
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I know that many board members were especially pleased with the extraordinary professional references we received about Jim.
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"St. Andrews and Miles are great institutions, with a statewide reputation for high quality, personal care," Donovan said."I'm honored, and consider this a great opportunity to work with the employees and medical staffs of these fine organizations.I believe there are great opportunities to broaden the scope of health care services available in Lincoln County, and do it in a cost-effective way," he said.

While St. Andrews and Miles now share the same board of trustees, and will soon share a chief executive, they will continue providing services to their communities as separate and distinct organizations."I consider it a privilege to have known and worked with Jim for so many years," commented MaineHealth CEO Bill Caron, "and I can tell you that he cares about the communities he serves.

Maine Medical Center Research Institute, James W. Donovan, Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs, 11/14/03

Maine Medical Center Names Donovan to Medical Affairs Administration Post(February 25, 2002)

James W. Donovan has been named Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs Administration at Maine Medical Center.He began that role February 11.

As Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs Administration, Donovan will provide administrative support to the Office of Medical Affairs and to MMC's Center for Performance Improvement.

Most recently, Donovan was President of Maine Partners Health Plan.He served as President and CEO of Brighton Medical Center from 1987 to 1997; during this time he also took on the role of Chief Operating Officer of New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland for a period of nine months.He has held senior administrative posts at other hospitals as well.

Donovan is a graduate of College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and earned his Master of Arts in Health Care Administration at The George Washington University in 1980.He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and has served on various Maine Hospital Association committees and its Board of Directors.He has been a member of the Boards of Trustees of United Way of Greater Portland, the Maine Technical College System, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine.He currently serves on the Board of The Park Danforth/Home for the Aged.

Maine Medical Center Names Donovan to Medical Affairs Administration Post

(February 25, 2002) James W. Donovan has been named Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs Administration at Maine Medical Center.He began that role February 11.

As Associate Vice President for Medical Affairs Administration, Donovan will provide administrative support to the Office of Medical Affairs and to MMC's Center for Performance Improvement.

Most recently, Donovan was President of Maine Partners Health Plan.He served as President and CEO of Brighton Medical Center from 1987 to 1997; during this time he also took on the role of Chief Operating Officer of New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland for a period of nine months.He has held senior administrative posts at other hospitals as well.

Donovan is a graduate of College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and earned his Master of Arts in Health Care Administration at The George Washington University in 1980.He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and has served on various Maine Hospital Association committees and its Board of Directors.He has been a member of the Boards of Trustees of United Way of Greater Portland, the Maine Technical College System, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine.He currently serves on the Board of The Park Danforth/Home for the Aged.

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At the Board meeting, trustees bid farewell to two long-time board members, James W. Donovan and Elizabeth (Beth) O. Shorr.
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Donovan, who is president of Maine Partners Health in South Portland, was first appointed to the Board in 1990.He served as Chair in 1994 and 1995, and also chaired the Finance and Facilities Committee, and served on the Boardís Executive Committee.

In the early 1990ís, Donovan chaired the Nursing Curriculum Taskforce which played an integral role in the development of articulation agreements between the technical college and university system nursing programs.

James DonovanJames Donovan is the Associate Vice President of Medical Affairs for Maine Medical Center.Prior to joining MMC, he was President of Brighton Medical Center and then President of Maine Partners Health Plan.He received a Bachelors of Arts from the College of Holy Cross and a Masters of Arts in Health Care Administration from The George Washington University.He has served on the Boards of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maine, Maine Technical College System, United Way of Portland and Park Danforth/Home for the Aged.He is a Diplomat in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

James Donovan - Associate Vice President of Medical Affairs for Maine Medical Center
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"We are pleased to welcome James, Mary and Patrick to the Board and look forward to working with them on several very important initiatives."