Brooks Memorial Hospital Names Mary LaRowe As New CEO

Kaleida Health has recruited a longtime health care leader to take over at the troubled Brooks Memorial Hospital. Mary LaRowe was named as CEO, taking on the task of integrating the Dunkirk hospital into Kaleida as part of an affiliation plan designed to strengthen the health care delivery system in Northern Chautauqua and Southern Erie counties. She brings nearly 40 years’ experience in healthcare, including six years as president of Westfield Memorial Hospital, also in Chautauqua County. She also spent several years on the policy/advocacy side, leading the Western New York Healthcare Association, a trade group representing the region . . .