Loyola Medicine recently announced Melissa Lukasick has been named regional chief financial officer. Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago’s western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from more than 1,800 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties.
Lukasick began her career with Loyola Medicine in 2004, serving in a variety of roles and has assumed increased leadership responsibility and scope throughout her tenure. Most recently, she served as regional vice president of finance operations for Loyola Medicine before stepping in as interim regional chief financial officer in July 2021.
Lukasick has worked with senior leadership at Loyola Medicine on the execution of a significant organizational turnaround to ensure financial stability. She has led many financial system implementations, process improvement initiatives and regionalization exercises. She also served as a key finance lead throughout Trinity Health’s acquisition of Loyola Medicine and later integration of MacNeal Hospital. She is a member of the strategic investment and administrative policy committees and is active in Loyola Medicine’s Diversity & Inclusion steering and action committees.
Lukasick received her Bachelor of Science in accounting and management information systems from the University of Indianapolis. She went on to receive her Master of Business Administration from Northern Illinois University.
reposted from Newswise; M. De Jean, Director of Marketing, NIU College of Business
