Fredericksburg, VA – September 26, 2017 – Mike McDermott, MD, MBA, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mary Washington Healthcare, has been recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review in the publication’s 2017 edition of the 112 Physician Leaders of Hospitals and Health Systems.

Dr. McDermott is board-certified in diagnostic radiology and vascular and interventional radiology. Prior to being appointed as Mary Washington Healthcare’s President and CEO in 2015, he was a practicing radiologist in the Fredericksburg region with Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg from 1997 – 2014. During his time in practice, Dr. McDermott served as the Chairman of Radiology for Mary Washington Hospital and Medical Director of the Medical Imaging of Fredericksburg facilities. In addition to being recognized as a Top Doctor by Northern Virginia Magazine in 2012, 2013 and 2014, Dr. McDermott was also recognized by Becker’s Hospital Review in the 2016 edition of the 110 Physician Leaders of Hospitals and Health Systems. Under Dr. McDermott’s leadership, Mary Washington Healthcare has been named Most Wired in 2017 by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine and Mary Washington Hospital was ranked the second-best hospital in the Washington metro area according to the U.S. News & World Report 2017–18 “Best Hospitals” list.

Hospitals led by physicians consistently appear as top hospitals among rating and ranking sites such as U.S. News & World Report and Healthgrades. Many CEOs featured on this list have led their institutions through significant growth projects and technology installations, and continue to keep an eye on future development.

Becker's Hospital Review has published a version of this list since 2012. The full list can be read here: http://bit.ly/2wxCFhf

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Mary Washington Healthcare is a fully integrated, regional medical system that provides inpatient and outpatient care through over 40 facilities and services, including Mary Washington Hospital, a 451-bed regional medical center, and Stafford Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital. Mary Washington Healthcare is a nonprofit health system and has a long-standing commitment to provide care regardless of ability to pay. For more information about our services and facilities, please log onto www.mwhc.com.

Becker's Hospital Review is a monthly publication offering up-to-date business and legal news and analysis relating to hospitals and health systems. Articles are geared toward high-level hospital leaders, and we work to provide valuable information, including hospital and health system news, best practices and legal guidance specifically for these decision-makers. Each issue of Becker's Hospital Review reaches more than 18,000 people, primarily acute care hospital CEOs, CFOs and CIOs.