Selected in October 2016 to lead the Estes Park Medical Center, Larry Leaming, Ph.D., will be our featured speaker on Thursday, July 6. Leaming, who became EPMC Chief Executive Officer in mid-January, will talk about Estes Park Medical Center and its mission of “making a positive difference in the health and wellbeing of all we serve.”
Larry Leaming
"At Estes Park Medical Center, it takes over 300 employees, and each of their diverse talents, to fulfill the promise that is our mission. Each employee, physician and nurse who make up the EPMC family is an integral piece to the care we provide, " he said.
Leaming will discuss the great care, compassion of each employee, and the dedication and the strategic planning ahead for the future of Estes Park Medical Center.
Larry received his Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Chemistry and Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD. He went on to receive his Masters of Science in Health Administration from Central Michigan University and his Doctor of Health Administration from Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. He is Board Certified in Healthcare Management and a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Larry has had extensive experience working with acute care providers and health networks especially in Colorado. He has served as Chief Executive Officer at Sterling Regional Medical Center, East Morgan County Hospital and St. Vincent Hospital in Leadville. Larry came to Estes Park from Roosevelt General Hospital in Portales, New Mexico, a 24-bed general acute care hospital.
Golf Tourney: Teeing off for Scholarships
Congratulations to the players and the prize winners at this year's successful 2017 Golf Tournament that will benefit the Foundation's scholarship fund. Thanks to the sponsors for making the Saturday, June 24 tournament possible. Bruce Carmichael and his committee did it again. What a great day! More details to follow following the committee's wrap-up meeting.
(Photo by Trudy Collar)
Rotary Quote of the Week
Rotary President John Germ and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have announced a commitment of up to $450 million to support the eradication of polio.
To an audience of nearly 33,900 Rotary members attending the humanitarian organization’s annual convention, Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation renewed their longstanding support for ending polio – a paralyzing, life-altering scourge on the verge of becoming the second human disease ever to be eliminated.
Rotary committed to raise $50 million per year over the next three years, with every dollar to be matched with two additional dollars from the Gates Foundation. This expanded agreement will translate into $450 million for polio eradication activities, including immunization and surveillance over the next three years. This critical funding helps ensure countries around the world remain polio-free and that polio is ended in the remaining three endemic countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
