The AHA Board of Trustees elected Marc L. Boom, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Houston Methodist, based in Houston, as its chair-elect designate. Boom will be chair-elect in 2025 and become the 2026 chair of the AHA. He is a member of the AHA Board of Trustees and currently serves as a member of AHA鈥檚 Health Systems Committee and previously served on the AHA Regional Policy Board and the boards of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the American College of Physician Executives and the American Heart Association. 

鈥淚 am honored to be chosen as the chair-elect designate of the AHA board. In this role, I promise to continue the organization鈥檚 excellent track record of advocating for all of our nation鈥檚 hospitals,鈥 said Dr. Boom. 鈥淎s chair, I will work diligently to convince others that the right answer is almost never one sided, but rather somewhere in between. The right answer is rarely an 鈥橭R,鈥 it is an 鈥楢ND.鈥 Together, we can lead the AHA into the future.鈥

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