Charlottesville, Virginie (WVVir) – After five years in the post, the CEO of UVA health and executive vice -president for Craig Kent health affairs.
Kent ended up in hot water for the first time in September when 128 members of the faculty of Uva Health signed a Without confidence In him and in UVA medicine school, Dr. Melina Kibbe.
Anonymous accusations said the two transformed a award -winning hospital into a nightmare.
The alleged transgressions included compromise for patient safety, applying excessive pressure on teachers, bypassing patient safety problems and the reckless hiring of unskilled doctors.
At the time, Kent and Kibbe offered little response, writing in a joint declaration that they were determined to understand the concerns.
President Jim Ryan then expressed his thoughts, then, publishing his own statement, calling the intimidating letter with few details and supports Kent and Kibbe.
“.. At that moment, I find it hard to believe that the right answer here is to force another change of leadership.”, Ryan wrote in September.
After the publication of the letter, the University of Virginia hired an international law firm to investigate complaints.
It was the result of this UVA board’s board of directors heard on Tuesday, February 25.
The details of what was in this internal investigation was not disclosed.
After the meeting, Kent resigned.
According to UVA spokesperson Bethanie Glover, Kent offered his resignation and President Ryan accepted.
Doctor Mitch Rosner, nephrologist at Uva Health. Will be active executive vice-president for health matters.
On Tuesday evening, a spokesperson for Uva Health said he would have no additional comments.
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