Lane to Depart for Role with Virginia Hospital Center

Lane to Depart for Role with Virginia Hospital Center

Updated: 1/20/2022

Chris Lane has been named president and CEO of Virginia Hospital Center system in Arlington, Virginia.

He was named to the positon after a national search that officially wrapped up last week.

"On behalf of the entire Kaleida Health family, our management team and the Board of Directors, we thank Chris for his time and service," said Bob Nesselbush, CEO of Kaleida Health. "During his 18 years here, he contributed to Kaleida Health's growth and innovation. Chris has always been patient-focused, employee friendly and physician-centric. We wish him nothing but the best as he moves on to his next career endeavor."

The Virginia Hospital Center system serves the Washington, DC metropolitan area and is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. A magnet hospital for nursing, they have 400 beds, and just like Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute (BGMC/GVI), they are a teaching hospital and have centers of excellence for cardiac, stroke and orthopedics among their service offerings. The Virginia Medical Center system has 3,100 employees and recorded $488 million in revenue in 2021.

Lane said, "I have had the privilege and honor of working with some of the very best healthcare professionals in the country right here at Kaleida Health, and for that I am grateful. My family and I arrived in Western New York as outsiders in 2003, and we were welcomed into this community more than we could have ever imagined. I will be forever grateful for all that Kaleida Health and this community has provided to me over the years. As I reflect upon my time here, I am beyond proud of the work accomplished throughout the years, and I am confident that we, true to the Kaleida Health mission, advanced the health of our community."

Lane was appointed president of Buffalo General Medical Center/Gates Vascular Institute in 2016. Prior to that, he led the northtowns for Kaleida Health, serving as the president of Millard Fillmore Suburban and DeGraff Memorial Hospitals as well as overseeing long-term care.

He joined Kaleida Health in 2003, when he was named vice president of Kaleida Health and president of DeGraff Memorial Hospital. In 2007, Lane became president of Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, and in 2012, took on the role as president of both facilities.

Lane will remain in his BGMC/GVI position until mid-March to help plan for an orderly transition. A national search will be done for his replacement.

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