We are pleased to announce that Larry deGhetaldi, M.D. has been named CEO of Sutter Health's Santa Cruz area health care services including the Santa Cruz Medical Clinic, Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center of Santa Cruz and the VNA of Santa Cruz. He succeeds our longtime CEO Wayne Boss who retired April 6.

Dr. deGhetaldi is a board-certified family practice physician who has served a number of terms on the Santa Cruz Medical Clinic Executive Committee since joining the clinic in 1985. He headed the negotiations around the Clinic's affiliation with Sutter Health and has served on the Management Board since 1995. He has chaired the Management Board and Area Governance Council for the past two years and is currently a member of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation Board of Directors.

Dr. deGhetaldi graduated from UC Santa Cruz and completed his medical school education at Wayne State University and the University of Southern California. He completed his postgraduate medical training internship at Stanford University and completed the Stanford University Family Practice Residency Program. He has lived in the Santa Cruz community for many years, and is well-regarded as not only an outstanding clinician but a dynamic and committed health care leader.

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