Michael J. Cohill
Board Member
Michael J. Cohill
CEO
Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa
Michael J. Cohill is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Sutter Health’s Sonoma County operations. He has executive responsibility for Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa and Sutter Medical Foundation - North Bay, whose physician services are provided by Sutter Medical Group of the Redwoods and a number of other contracted physicians. Mr. Cohill also provides regional executive leadership to Sutter Coast Hospital, in Crescent City, and Sutter Lakeside Hospital, in Lakeport and has oversight of Sutter Health’s System Procurement and Facilities Planning and Development functions and Sutter VNA and Hospice.
Mr. Cohill, a member of Sutter Health’s leadership team for more than 20 years possesses experience in hospital and physician organization management and integration, as well as a thorough knowledge of Northern California’s unique and challenging health care environment. Sutter Health is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit networks of community-based health care providers, delivering high quality care in more than 100 Northern California communities. Sutter Health supports more than two dozen locally run acute care hospitals and physician organizations, medical research facilities, physician and nurse education programs, and region-wide home health, hospice and occupational health services.
Since 1994 Mr. Cohill has held multiple senior leadership positions in Sutter Health’s Central Valley Service Area. Prior to coming to Sonoma County he served as CEO of the Central Valley Service Area, with responsibility for the administration, integration and growth of Sutter affiliates in San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced Counties. His Central Valley experience also includes tenures as Chief Operating Officer and later Chief Executive Officer of Sutter Gould Medical Foundation in Modesto, CA.
Mr. Cohill began his career with Sutter Health in 1980 as Associate Administrator at Sutter General Hospital in Sacramento. Four years later he became Administrator of Monticello Medical Center in Longview, WA, which was one of Sutter Health’s earliest affiliates. From 1986 to 1993 he held the position of Administrator of Sutter Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Cohill holds a bachelor’s degree from Loyola College in Baltimore, MD and a master’s degree in Health Services Administration from St. Louis University. He is actively involved in the Sonoma Health Alliance, serves on the board of the Redwood Empire Chapter of the American Red Cross. Mr. Cohill and his wife, Jayne, are avid golfers and have two grown daughters.
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