After a nearly two-year search, including a rocky period in which an interim leader was hired and lasted just a few weeks, the OHSU Health system has named a new CEO.

Tarek Salaway has worked as an executive in an array of California health institutions, and comes most recently from a Kaiser Permanente system in the San Francisco Bay area.

“With 28 years of leadership experience across diverse health care systems in major west coast markets, Mr. Salaway brings a strong record of developing and executing a broad range of strategic initiatives, in close partnership with clinicians and staff, to advance high-value clinical programs and ensure exceptional care and services to the patients and communities served,” OHSU President Shereef Elnahal said in a note to staff and community members Mo

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