Derrick J. Suehs, Ed.D., has been named assistant vice president of Quality for the Mohawk Valley Health System.
Prior to joining MVHS, Suehs served as Chief Quality (and Administrative Operations) Officer and as director of Outcomes Management for Crouse Hospital in Syracuse. He also served quality advisor and director of Quality Management at St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston, Texas, and has held teaching positions at Utica College in Utica, LeMoyne College and Syracuse University in Syracuse and at St. John Fisher College in Rochester.
Suehs served in the United States Navy as Lieutenant, USN and Course Director of Leadership, Management Education, and Training and as Ensign and Lieutenant Junior Grade, USS Fresno.
Suehs earned his Bachelor of Science in Education Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, his Master of Arts in Business at National University in San Diego California, and his Doctor of Education in Executive Leadership at St. John Fisher College in Rochester.