Saint Vincent Hospital will have a new chief operating officer beginning March 7 when Ava Jo Collins will take over the position.
Collins comes to Worcester from a 20-year career at Ochsner Health Systems in New Orleans, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Louisiana, said Steve MacLauchlan, CEO of Saint Vincent Hospital.
Collins most recent position at Ochsner was COO and vice president of operations. Collins earned her bachelor’s of science in medical technology from Northeast Louisiana University and a master’s degree in healthcare administration from Tulane University.
Saint Vincent’s former COOÂ Deborah Bitsoli is now the president of Morton Hospital in Taunton, which is part of the Steward Health Care System.
