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Hesse named president, CEO of CTCA Philadelphia center

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NANCY HESSE was named president and CEO of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America Eastern Regional Medical Center (Eastern) in Philadelphia.

Hesse has served as interim president and CEO since February 2016, and before that as chief nursing executive for CTCA and chief nursing officer at Eastern.

Hesse joined CTCA in 2014 after a long tenure at Abington Memorial Hospital. She began her career as a staff nurse in the Emergency Trauma Center and advanced to become the Director of Emergency Trauma and then Chief Nursing Officer for Abington – Lansdale Hospital.

CTCA is a national network of five cancer hospitals.

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