MAHONING TOWNSHIP -- There's a new face walking through the halls of Geisinger's Hospital for Advanced Medicine near Danville, and he's wasting no time getting to know some of Geisinger's 23,000 employees.
On May 1, Dr. David Feinberg took over as the new president and CEO of Geisinger Health System.
He's also taking time to meet with patients to find out what's working and what's not.
"Anything we can do better?" he asked a patient.
Dr. Feinberg traded the California sunshine working as the CEO of UCLA Health System to lead Geisinger Health System.
He says it's an honor.
"When Geisinger called me I was blown away. This is ground zero. It happens to be in rural Central Pennsylvania but this is ground zero if you want to have an impact on healthcare in the nation," Feinberg said.
For the patients who were able to meet the hospital's CEO and president, they say they were lucky.
They are happy to see he's going around to meet people.
Carol McJilton of Mifflinburg had surgery on her back just a few days ago.
She was pretty surprised to see the new CEO pull up a chair to chat.
"I don't know how I was so special. I don't know how I lucked out but it was really good to talk with you," McJilton said.
"Actually, your hard job is coming up," Feinberg said to a patient.
Last week Jerome Charles and his girlfriend Johanna Gonzalez of Lock Haven jumped from their burning apartment building.
She's still recovering here near Danville, a bit far from her family.
"Our patients say we need services here or I got diagnosed here and it's too far to come. Then we have to bring our care closer to people's homes," Feinberg said.
Dr. Feinberg is Geisinger's sixth president and CEO in Geisinger's 100-year history.
He hopes to help Geisinger continue to grow and add locations throughout Pennsylvania.
