Appointment at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

Wilmington, Delaware
Tuesday, October 02, 2007 @ 04:49 PM EDT
by: Alison Burris (302) 651-6396

Wilmington, DE – We are pleased to announce the following new appointment at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children.

Richard Robert Booth (Rob), CPA, CFA. joined the Nemours Children Clinic, Delaware Valley (NCC-DV) as the Associate Practice Administrator for Finance in mid-June. This position is responsible for financial management of NCC-DV. This includes: oversight of the Business Services department; budgeting and adherence to budget for the DE Valley practices; financial reporting; strategic planning; managed care decision making; and active collaboration with front end operations, Central Business Office (CBO), Hospital Administration, and centralized home office operations.

John A. Campopiano, Practice Administrator, NCC-DV, said that, “Mr. Booth brings a unique blend of finance and operations experience that will serve the practice well. It was a long process to find the right person, but it will be well worth it as we move forward.”

Booth comes to Nemours from Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia (CCP), where he was the Chief Financial Officer.

The Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children

The Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children is a division of Nemours, which operates one of the nation’s largest health systems devoted to pediatric patient care, teaching and research. Set on a beautiful 300-acre campus near Wilmington, Delaware, the 200-bed duPont Hospital for Children offers all the specialties of pediatric medicine, surgery and dentistry

The Nemours Children’s Clinic provides the physician services of the hospital at its main campus, and at pediatric primary and specialty care locations throughout Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Together the duPont Hospital for Children and Nemours Children’s Clinic are the academic partner of Thomas Jefferson University and the pediatric provider to the Jefferson Health System and its members and affiliates.

Nemours is focused on raising the bar in children’s health and health care through its four core service dimensions: patient-centered medical care, biomedical research, education, and health promotion/disease prevention. Nemours employs approximately 4,000 people, including 445 subspecialty physicians, 90 of whom were recognized in 2005 by their peers as among the Best Doctors in America®. For more information, please visit www.Nemours.org.

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About Nemours

Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.

Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.

Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.