
Tower Health and Tower Health Medical Group has named Dr. Bernard Boulanger executive vice president and CEO, Provider Enterprise for Tower Health, effective Oct. 31.
Boulanger will provide executive leadership for Tower Health Medical Group, Tower Health Providers, Tower Health at Home, and undergraduate Academic Affairs, Tower Health said.
Boulanger joins Tower Health from MetroHealth in Ohio where he served in a wide range of leadership roles, most recently as executive vice president, Provider Enterprise & Academic Affairs. In this role, he led a network of more than 1,000 employed providers and 19 clinical department chairs.
He also oversaw undergraduate medical education with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, as well as leading the MetroHealth Research Institute. Prior to this role, he was chief clinical officer for MetroHealth.
During his tenure at MetroHealth he oversaw advancing quality, access, and growth in adult and pediatric clinical service lines; improved financial performance of MetroHealth’s provider enterprise; and created a leadership culture that improved employee engagement, trust, and diversity and inclusion.
Before joining MetroHealth, Boulanger was a trauma surgeon at University of Kentucky Healthcare and became the system’s chief medical officer.
He is a graduate of the University of Toronto College of Medicine, where he also completed his residency in general surgery. He completed a fellowship in Trauma Surgery/Critical Care at the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland. He holds an MBA from the Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky.