Conemaugh Health System Announces Promotion of Heather Smith to Chief Operating Officer at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
October 7, 2021
Conemaugh Health System today announced that Heather Smith, MBA, CHFP, CPPS has accepted the position of Chief Operating Officer at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center. Smith has served as the Chief Executive Officer at Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center since 2014. In Meyersdale, she previously held the positions of Director of Finance and Director of Support Services with leadership oversight of the non-clinical departments and three rural health clinics. She first joined Conemaugh Meyersdale in 2000.
“We are proud of all that Heather has accomplished in Meyersdale, and we are thrilled that she is staying within the Conemaugh Health System to serve in a new leadership role,” said William E. Caldwell, Market President, Conemaugh Health System. “Her deep commitment to delivering high quality patient care has been exemplified by her leadership in the Meyersdale community over the past 21 years.”
A Fairhope, Pa. native and Berlin Brothersvalley High School graduate, Smith graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Accounting and obtained her Master of Business Administration from Liberty University. She is a Certified Healthcare Financial Professional (CHFP) in the Healthcare Financial Management Association and a member of The Joint Commission Critical Access Hospital Advisory Board Council and the Hospital and Health System of Pennsylvania Council of Rural Hospitals. She is also a member of the Meyersdale Area Schools Education Foundation and the Rotary Club of Somerset.
“I am so proud of our teams in Meyersdale and the way that they have continued to work together to meet the needs of our community during this ongoing crisis. I will truly miss working closely with each of them when I begin this new chapter in Johnstown,” said Smith. “It is a uniquely challenging time in the healthcare industry, but I know that we will emerge from these obstacles stronger than before. I am eager to help lead our team at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center into an unchartered, but promising future.”
Smith will remain in her current role as CEO at Meyersdale until a permanent replacement is selected.