Spivey New Chief Executive of CCC

Columbia-Cornell Care has announced that Dr. Bruce Spivey will become president and chief executive officer Oct. 1, 1997. Dr. Spivey currently serves as president and chief executive officer of Northwestern Healthcare Network in Chicago.

Dr. Spivey was selected to head CCC based on his health care administration experience, which includes establishing and directing one of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in the United States. He is a board-certified ophthalmologist, was the first CEO of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, and is former president of the American Board of Medical Specialties and the California Healthcare System in San Francisco.

"Bruce Spivey's expertise in conceptualizing and overseeing the development of a physician-governed organization, as well as his leadership in several successful mergers between hospitals and physicians' associations, made him our first choice to lead CCC," said Dr. Herbert Pardes, vice president and dean. "Managed care continues to penetrate the New York area, and we are confident that Dr. Spivey will successfully lead us in furthering a powerful alliance in the health care marketplace."