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A rendering shows Henderson Hospital, which is expected to open in October 2016 at the corner of Gibson Road and Galleria Drive. The foundation for the hospital was poured Thursday, July 9, 2015.
Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 | 9 p.m.
Sam Kaufman, the chief executive officer of Desert Springs Hospital, will lead Henderson Hospital when it opens next year, officials announced Thursday.
Kaufman, who has worked for the Valley Health System since 1992, will serve as CEO for both hospitals. He hopes the 142-bed, $168 million facility — under construction on the corner of Gibson Road and Galleria Drive — will open by the end of next October.
The Valley Health System also announced construction of an 80,000-square-foot medical office building, which will be called Henderson Medical Plaza, adjacent to Henderson Hospital. The office building is projected to open toward the end of 2016.
Kaufman has been meeting with physicians interested in occupying the office space over the past year, officials said. The Jacobs Medical Associates, an internal medicine group with doctors Leslie Jacobs, Loring Jacobs, William Shoemaker, Jeffrey Ng and Laura Addis, will house its practice there.
"We invite other primary care physicians and specialists to consider the benefits of having an office with nearby access to our hospital," Kaufman said in a statement.
Interviews and hiring for health care providers and administrative personnel at Henderson Hospital will begin early next year.
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