Independence Health System announces new leadership
Independence Health System announced Thursday, July 20, the appointment of four health care leaders to its executive team, according to a news release.
They are: Carol Fox, MD, FAAFP, chief medical officer; David Rottinghaus, MD, president of Physician and Provider Network; Karen Allen, RN, president of Butler Memorial and Clarion hospitals and Brian Fritz, president of Frick, Latrobe and Westmoreland Hospitals.
Fox, a practicing primary care physician, has provided executive medical command for Excela Health since 2005.
In 2021, Rottinghaus assumed the role of president of Butler Medical Providers, and he continues to practice emergency medicine at Butler Memorial Hospital.
Over the past decade at Butler, Allen has served as the director of Surgical Services, assistant vice president of Patient Care Services, vice president of Critical Care/Ancillary Services, chief nursing officer and chief experience officer before taking on the role of president of Butler Memorial and Clarion hospitals.
Fritz has been the vice president of Surgical Services at Excela Health since 2020.
