Rosanna Morris was named chief operating officer at MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Morris currently is president of Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak. The hospital is part of Beaumont Health, Michigan’s largest health system, which has 38,000 employees and 187 health centers.
Morris, a registered nurse, will begin her new duties overseeing inpatient and outpatient operations on April 22.
“Rosanna brings a demonstrated ability to rally people around delivering high quality care in the safest, most efficient and effective manner while exceeding patient expectations,” said Peter Pisters, president of MD Anderson, to whom Morris will report. “She will work closely with me and our chief medical executive to oversee MD Anderson’s clinical enterprise. We welcome her to MD Anderson and our executive leadership team.”
Morris also has held a number of executive and clinical positions at Nebraska Medicine in Omaha; Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.; Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna, Fla.; and Stanford University.
