Children's Health

Vice President of Operations Named

Elias J. Neujahr has been named vice president, operations, Spectrum Health Medical Group and Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital. In this new role, Neujahr will have responsibility for medical group and hospital operations in a model that supports integration and collaboration.

Neujahr comes to Grand Rapids from Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, where he served as vice president, clinical resources. He was previously with The Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado.

Neujahr received his Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University. He obtained his Master of Business Administration and Master of Healthcare Administration degrees from the University of Colorado.

Spectrum Health is a not-for-profit health system in West Michigan offering a full continuum of care through the Spectrum Health Hospital Group, which is comprised of nine hospitals including Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, a state of the art children’s hospital that opened in January 2011, and 180 service sites; the Spectrum Health Medical Group and West Michigan Heart, physician groups totaling more than 600 providers; and Priority Health, a health plan with 625,000 members. Spectrum Health is West Michigan’s largest employer with more than 17,800 employees. The organization provided $115.9 million in community benefit during its 2010 fiscal year. In 2011 and 2010, Spectrum Health was named a Top 10 Health System by Thomson Reuters.