With eyes and ears open, Sunny Eappen takes the helm at UVM Health Network

VTDigger

Dr. Sunil “Sunny” Eappen spent his first weeks on the job as the UVM Health Network’s new leader criss-crossing Lake Champlain from Vermont to New York and back, touring all six hospitals under the network’s umbrella. He expects to make the trip frequently, having made a commitment to visit each hospital on “a very, very regular basis,” Eappen told VTDigger last month.

The visits will not be as hands-on as what he did during his 14 years as a hospital administrator in Boston. An obstetric anesthesiologist, Eappen scheduled himself each month for one work day and one day on call in the busy maternity center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. But the purpose is the same: to get a direct and immediate sense of what a regular day is like for staff and patients.

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