February 3, 2022

MultiCare’s Dr. O’Brien brings proven leadership to South Sound

Spokane, Wash. —MultiCare Health System announced today that Dr. David O’Brien, senior vice president and chief executive of MultiCare’s Inland Northwest region, has been named the chief executive for MultiCare’s South Sound region.

In his new role, O’Brien will oversee MultiCare Tacoma General, Allenmore and Good Samaritan hospitals, as well as MultiCare’s Auburn and Covington medical centers and MultiCare’s South Sound medical group.

“I have deeply loved being in Spokane and working with MultiCare’s Inland Northwest team. I think MultiCare as a system is in a really good place and I’m optimistic about the future,” he said. “I am looking forward to this new chapter in my work to support the communities MultiCare serves.”

O’Brien joined MultiCare in 2017 and led the transition of Deaconess Hospital, Valley Hospital and Rockwood Clinic from the for-profit Community Health Systems to MultiCare not-for-profit community focused health system. Under his tenure, O’Brien is credited with spearheading a variety of employee, patient experience, cultural and financial improvements for the organization’s Inland Northwest locations.

A search for O’Brien’s replacement is underway and should conclude in the coming weeks.

About the MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation

The MultiCare Institute for Research and Innovation is the award-winning research organization that houses all of MultiCare’s research initiatives in a single program. The Research Institute has offices throughout MultiCare’s comprehensive health system that provide patients across their vast service areas access to cutting edge clinical trials.

The MultiCare Institute for Research and & Innovation works with MultiCare-employed physicians, as well as community physicians, on studies led by federal agencies, industry groups and independent researchers and organizations, striving to find new and better treatments, treatment methods and ways to improve patient care.