An experienced hospital CEO who headed up hospitals in Olympia, Kansas, Iowa and Texas will add Lourdes Health in Pasco to his résumé.

Robert Monical has been named chief executive officer of Lourdes, which serves Pasco, Kennewick and Richland from 12 locations.

He begins his new role

April 29.

“I’m honored to join the

Lourdes team and to become a part of the Tri-Cities region,” Monical said in a

news release. “I’ve heard such great things about the hospital, its employees,

physicians and communities. I’m excited to collaborate with everyone to

strengthen health care here and enhance the health and well-being of those we

serve.”

Monical comes to Lourdes from

Capital Medical Center, a LifePoint hospital in Olympia, where he was chief

operating officer.

Lourdes experienced a lot of change in 2018. Tennessee-based RCCH HealthCare Partners acquired Lourdes Health Network in September. Then, RCCH merged with LifePoint Health in November under the LifePoint name.

With

the change in ownership also came a change in leadership. Lourdes

CEO and President John Serle stepped down from his post Aug. 31, 2018, after

the transaction between RCCH and Lourdes closed. 

Lourdes, which employs nearly 1,000 people with more than 200 physicians on staff, had been part of Ascension, the nation’s largest nonprofit health system.

RCCH

also bought Kennewick’s Trios Health last year and it is now part of the

LifePoint family.

During Monical’s tenure in

Olympia, he led facilities, security, laboratory services, environmental

services, surgical services, hospitalist programs, physical therapy and imaging

teams and served as the operational lead for a $20 million surgical services

expansion.

“We are delighted to

welcome Rob to Lourdes Health,” said Robert Wampler, interim president of

LifePoint’s Western Division. “He brings the hospital a great operational track

record, a dedication to delivering high quality community care, a history of

rallying teams to succeed, and a commitment to community. He will be a great

addition to the Lourdes team and the Tri-Cities region.” 

Prior to Capital Medical

Center, Monical served as CEO for McPherson Hospital in Kansas, Baum Harmon

Mercy Hospital in Iowa and Culberson County Hospital in Texas.

“Rob is a great health care

leader with experience working in communities across the nation,” said Chad

Graves, chairman of the board at Lourdes. “We are excited to welcome him to

Pasco from Olympia, and we look forward to working with him to explore new ways

that we can advance our efforts to make our communities healthier.” 

Monical earned his bachelor’s degree in public health, with an emphasis in health care administration, at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois, and his master’s degree in health care administration at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri.

Established on September 24, 1916 by the

Sisters of St. Joseph Carondelet, Lourdes Health has been caring for the

Tri-City community for more than a century.