Main Line Health appoints new president of Bryn Mawr Hospital
Main Line Health announced today that John Schwarz has been named president of Bryn Mawr Hospital. Schwarz has been a member of the Main Line Health team since 2013 when he joined as Vice President of Administration for Lankenau Medical Center. He succeeds Andrea Gilbert who will retire in January of 2021.
As president, Schwarz will provide leadership and operational oversight at Bryn Mawr Hospital and will collaborate with executive leaders across Main Line Health to identify and execute strategies that are aligned with the System’s mission, vision, values, and strategic plan.
“We are thrilled to welcome John to the Bryn Mawr Hospital team,’’ said Main Line Health President & CEO, Jack Lynch. ‘’John is a proven leader with a steadfast commitment to quality, patient safety and equity who will ensure that Bryn Mawr Hospital continues to provide the safe, high-quality, human care that our patients have relied on for generations.”
“I have had the privilege of working with Andi and her team for the past seven years, and it’s my honor to be her successor and be selected for the opportunity to serve the Bryn Mawr Hospital community,” says Schwarz.
Schwarz has more than 20 years’ experience as a health care executive. Before joining Main Line Health, he served as an executive leader at Cooper Hospital where he oversaw a six-year, $260 million campus expansion plan and led operations and strategy for the largest academic orthopaedic practice in South Jersey. Prior to that, Schwarz held senior leadership roles at Tenet Healthcare.
Schwarz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and a Master’s in Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, Schwarz has earned several certifications including a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Six Sigma Greenbelt from Villanova University.
An active community and civic-leader, Schwarz serves on the board of Broad Street Ministry, the Fighting Back Scholarship Program and is a Leadership Main Line Fellow. He is also a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and Wharton Healthcare Alumni Association.
About Main Line Health
Main Line Health® is a not-for-profit health system serving the greater Philadelphia region. The System comprises five hospitals, seven health centers, more than 160 outpatient and physician practice locations, over 14,500 employees and more than 2,200 employed and independent physicians and advanced practice providers.
Founded in 1985, Main Line Health includes four of the region’s most respected acute care hospitals — Lankenau Medical Center, Bryn Mawr Hospital, Paoli Hospital and Riddle Hospital — as well as Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, one of the nation’s premier facilities for rehabilitative medicine. The System also includes Mirmont Treatment Center, which provides treatment and support for substance use disorders; Main Line Health HomeCare & Hospice; Main Line HealthCare, its employed multispecialty physician network; Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, a leading biomedical research organization; and Main Line Health Centers offering primary and specialty care, lab, radiology and other outpatient services in Broomall, Collegeville, Concordville, Devon, Exton, King of Prussia and Newtown Square.
Main Line Health brings together physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, researchers and other healthcare professionals across a broad network of inpatient, outpatient, home-based and community-based services. Through this integrated approach, the System delivers high-quality, comprehensive care across the continuum — from primary care and preventive services to complex specialty, surgical, trauma, emergency, rehabilitative, behavioral health, home care and hospice services — with a focus on making care accessible in the communities where people live and work.
Main Line Health also collaborates with leading clinical partners to expand access to specialized care. Through its affiliation with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, pediatric care is provided at select Main Line Health locations, including neonatal intensive care units at its acute care hospitals and Bryn Mawr Hospital’s Inpatient Pediatric Unit and Emergency Department. Jefferson Health neurosurgeons and neurointerventionalists also provide 24/7 specialized care, including neurointervention and lifesaving stroke care.
About Bryn Mawr Hospital
Founded in 1893, Bryn Mawr Hospital is recognized among the top hospitals in the region for its exceptional patient care. The hospital and its outpatient locations in the Philadelphia metro area offer a wide range of services, including behavioral health, cancer care, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, neurointervention and neurosurgery, cardiovascular care, maternity, bariatric surgery, urology, plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Main Line Health and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are affiliated to provide pediatric care to our community, including 24/7 coverage of the pediatric emergency department, pediatric inpatient unit and level III neonatal intensive care unit. Main Line Health is one of the few community health systems in the region offering state-of-the-art neurointervention care. Through our collaboration with the Jefferson Hospital for Neuroscience, the hospital is a Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center.
Bryn Mawr Hospital offers an inpatient psychiatric program. The program serves adults with mood, anxiety and thought disorders, co-occurring substance abuse or addiction, and other psychiatric conditions. The hospital also is home to Main Line Health’s first centralized in-house Psychiatry Residency Program.
Contact
Phil Ellingsworth, Jr.Director, Communications
Office: 484.580.1182
EllingsworthPh@mlhs.org