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Mr. Benfer has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Saint Raphael Healthcare System (SRHS) and the Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, Connecticut, since 1999. SRHS provides a comprehensive spectrum of care, including wellness and health promotion activities, acute care, long-term care, and home care. The Hospital of Saint Raphael is a 511-bed academic health science center, and the fourth largest hospital in Connecticut.
Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Provena-Saint Joseph Medical Center and Chief Executive Officer of the Provena-Saint Joseph/Morris Health Network, a two-hospital joint operating company in Joliet, Illinois, from 1992 to 1999. Prior to this, Mr. Benfer served the Henry Ford Health System, a regional health system in Detroit, as Senior Vice President for Hospital and Urban Affairs for the years 1985 through 1992. He was also Chief Executive Officer of the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, during this time.
Mr. Benfer also formerly served as Chief Executive Officer at both the Bon Secours Hospital, a 320-bed for-profit hospital in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, and the Medical College of Ohio Hospital, a 319-bed teaching hospital in Toledo. He began his career in 1969 at George Washington University Hospital, Washington, D.C., as an assistant to the administrator.
Mr. Benfer served as Chairman of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), an international professional society of more than 30,000 healthcare executives, from 1998 through 1999. He also served on ACHE’s Board of Governors from 1992 to 2000. Mr. Benfer was named a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE) in 1981. He currently serves on the Board of the Catholic Health Association, which represents over 2,000 Catholic healthcare facilities in the U.S.
He received his B.S. degree in Business Administration from Wittenburg University, Springfield, Ohio, and his M.B.A. from Xavier University, Cincinnati. | 