What A Trip To Silicon Valley Taught A Cancer Doctor About Running A Non-Profit Hospital

Stuart G. Marcus, 54, is a longtime cancer doctor specializing in gastrointestinal surgery. In January 2014 he became CEO of St. Vincent’s Health Services, a hospital company in Bridgeport, Ct., with $500 million in revenues. Marcus joined 473-bed St. Vincent’s Medical Center in 2006 as oncology department chairmanand became president of St. Vincent’s in 2012. As a result of state cuts in Medicaid reimbursements, he had to lay off 50 people and leave another 50 jobs unfilled.