Norwegian American Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Curran as its new Vice President of Business Development and Innovation. Curran joins the management executive team with more than 12 years of experience and knowledge in hospital and health care administration.

In his role as Vice President of Business Development and Innovation, Curran has a number of duties. He will be responsible for business growth and development, the hospital’s ambulatory clinics such as Corporate Health and many aspects of community relations. He will also work closely with various departments to grow service lines and improve operational efficiency to better serve patients.

Most recently, he was the Administrator for the Loyola University Health System Ambulatory Surgery Center. Prior to that position, Curran was a consultant with a health care consultancy firm in the Chicago area.  Curran holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and a master’s degree in health administration from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.