Gerald D. Fitzgerald

Gerald D. Fitzgerald
Oakwood Healthcare System
(Retired) President and Chief Executive Officer
Member since 2006

Gerald Fitzgerald, the retired president and chief executive officer of Oakwood Healthcare Inc., created Oakwood Healthcare System as a result of the merger of Oakwood Hospital and Medical Center and the Peoples Community Hospital in 1989.

Fitzgerald received his undergraduate degree from the University of Detroit and a master's degree in hospital administration from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the Hospice of Michigan Board of Trustees and also serves on the boards of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association Foundation and the Oakwood Healthcare System Foundation.

He has received the Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Award and the Leadership Regent's Award from the American College of Healthcare Executives.