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wbjournal.com | November 11, 2024 | Worcester Business Journal 9 Karson will continue his role as interim president of the UMass Memorial Medical Group. "These changes to our system's senior leadership team mark an important milestone for UMass Memorial as we continue to grow and evolve as an integrated health system and continue to respond to the unprecedented challenges we are facing in health care. I'm confident with the leaders we have in place, we are well positioned to do amazing work to meet our mission to improve the health of the diverse communities of Central Massachusetts," Dickson said in the letter. With 792 licensed beds, UMass Memorial Medical Center is the largest hospital in Central Massachusetts when ranked by number of licensed beds, according to data provided to the WBJ Research Department. Founded in 1998, the medical center generated $2.14 billion in revenue in 2023. It has 8,411 employees, including 3,211 registered nurses and 1,200 physicians. Medical Center. Barginere comes to her UMass Memorial role having most recently served as senior vice president of University of California San Francisco Health and its president of adult hospitals, helping to lead a hospital system with 1 million patients and 13,000 employees. Having worked almost 25 years in executive leadership roles, Barginere has previously acted as the chief operations officer for the Boston- based Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the chief operating officer and chief nursing officer for Baptist Medical Center South in Alabama. In his new role as system chief physician officer and system chief medical office, Karson will work in close collaboration with Barginere, according to the letter. He replaces Dr. Stephen Tosi, who will retire from the role on Dec. 1, but Tosi will remain with UMass Memorial Health, working in a part-time managerial role of its captive insurance company and risk management department. Cynthia Barginere, UMass Memorial Health chief operating officer W Dr. Andy Karson, UMass Memorial Health chief physician officer and chief medical officer