Mercy Medical Center, Canton, Ohio CEO and leadership

• A strategic hospital leader with a proven record of growing hospital operations, services, facilities, profitability and reserves

• An entrepreneurial leader who creates collaborative partnerships to grow business together and better serve patients and communities

• A quality leader who develops others to better lead their operations, processes, and people through vigilant oversight and improvement of the highest regulatory standard

• A people-focused leader with proven record of high patient and employee satisfaction, creating a culture of engagement and accountability

An employee at Mercy Medical Center since 1999, Yingling is an accomplished nursing leader with over 20 years of progressive healthcare management experience.

Yingling has served as a critical care nurse, director of nursing staff development and assistant chief nursing officer at Mercy Medical Center. She formerly served as a sophomore and senior level adjunct faculty at Malone College. Prior to her time at Mercy Medical Center, Yingling worked at Doctors Hospital and Massillon Community Hospital.

Yingling received her diploma of nursing at Massillon Community Hospital in 1983, where she served as class president for two years. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Walsh College in 1992 and received her Master of Arts in Education and Management at Walsh University in 1996.

In 2007 she was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, PI CHI Chapter. Yingling is a 2011 graduate of Leadership Stark County. She is an active volunteer at St. Philip and James Catholic Church in Canal Fulton, where she also teaches fifth grade CCD classes

David K. Stewart serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Mercy Medical Center effective March 1, 2013. He has been part of financial management and leadership at Sisters of Charity Health System (SCHS) hospitals since 1990.

After graduating in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Miami University in Ohio, Stewart served as a financial analyst at Mercy Medical Center. In 1997, Stewart became a senior financial analyst for Columbia-HCA, Ohio Division in Cleveland. Stewart has also since served as vice president of finance and CFO for St. Vincent Charity Medical Center in Cleveland and St. John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio, and most recently, senior vice president and CFO for Providence Hospitals in Columbia, South Carolina.

Mr. Stewart holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Miami University (OH) and master’s degrees in business administration and accountancy from the University of Phoenix. Stewart is a member of Healthcare Financial Management Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives. Since arriving in Canton, he serves on the board of Directors of Stark County Hunger Task Force, ArtsinStark, Ohio Health Choice and SCHS Insurance Company. He also serves on the finance committee of the Ohio Hospital Association. He is an active volunteer in the community including coaching youth basketball and baseball.

David L. Gormsen, D.O., F.A.C.E.P., has served as Vice President & Chief Medical Officer of Mercy Medical Center since 2001. Dr. Gormsen is a graduate of Defiance College and received his medical degree from Chicago of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Gormsen has been an Emergency Medicine Physician at Mercy Medical Center since 1986. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Mercy and is Director of Mercy Statcare in North Canton. Dr. Gormsen in board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He has served as Assistant Clinical Professor at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine since 1989 and is Administrative Director of the Canton Medical Education Foundation. Dr. Gormsen was President of the Mercy Medical Staff from 1999 to 2000 and President-Elect of the Medical Staff from 1997 to 1998. He is Chairman of the Mercy Utilization Review Committee and is a member of the Medical Executive Committee. He is a member of the American College of Physician Executives.

Dr. Gormsen served in the United States Navy as an U.S. Naval Flight Surgeon. He was Co-Director of the United Way of Central Stark County Fund Drive in 1998. He has participated in the Annual Medical Mission to the Dominican Republic since 1998. Dr. Gormsen serves as a Board member of The Arc (Association for Retarded Citizens) of Stark County and Families First of Stark County.

Beth Vlahavas is a Director:Nursing at Mercy Medical Center and VP:Patient/Chief Nursing Ofcr at Mercy Medical Center. She has experience at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.

Christopher G Thomaskutty is a VP/Chief of Staff at Mercy Medical Center and Senior VP/Chief:Staff at Mercy Health Services Inc.

Nursing executive with extensive, strategically focused leadership experience in both adult and pediatric hospital settings. Specific areas of accomplishment include new program development, Akron Children's Hospital Flight Program - Air Bear - Ohio's first dedicated pediatric helicopter, Emergency Services for Behavioral Health - Ohio's first dedicated nursing unit and care model designed for pediatric patients with mental health issues.

Leading process improvement initiatives, utilizing Johns Hopkins Medicine Lean Six Sigma training. Department design and restructuring, promotion of interdisciplinary collaboration and team building. Operational oversight of multiple cost centers, including four Emergency Departments, and a Level 2 Trauma Program. Advocacy for patient and family centered care.

Jeff Smith is a Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer at Mercy Medical Center and is based in Canton, Ohio. He studied at Marquette University and University of Colorado Denver between 1988 and 1990.

Julianna Jean (Martinez) Reece, MD is a Chief Medical Officer at Mercy Medical Center and is based in Julianna Jean Martinez, Reece Heights, Maryland.

Kathleen B Perry is a Senior VP/CIO at Mercy Medical Center and Senior VP/CIO at Mercy Health Services Inc.