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Duke University Picks Health Chief.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, April, 2004

By Jean P. Fisher, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 27--Dr. Victor J. Dzau, an authority on cardiovascular disease and a leader at Harvard Medical School, will take charge of Duke University's health affairs, Duke leaders will announce today.

With the approval of Duke's trustees, he will succeed Dr. Ralph Snyderman as chief executive of Duke University Health System. Snyderman is stepping down in July after 15 years as Duke's top medical officer.

Dzau, 57, will lead an internationally known health system with more than $1.3 billion in annual patient revenue and 10,000 employees. The system owns three hospitals -- Duke Hospital, Durham Regional Hospital and Raleigh Community Hospital -- and 13...

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