Dartmouth Health has selected Ada D. Demir, MBA, as its next supply chain vice president. Her new role, which will serve the entire Dartmouth Health system, begins September 2.
Demir comes from to Dartmouth Health from Bronx-based Montefiore Health System, where she served since 2018 as vice president of procurement and supply chain operations. In this role, Demir managed strategic sourcing, vendors and contractors, purchasing operations, data analytics, food and nutrition, and other key operational areas, leading change management across the system and spearheading new initiatives. She specifically led transformation projects in the areas of labor management, growth and revenue excellence, and managed information technology improvements in digitization, quality and supply chain as well as clinical, non-clinical and pharmacy procurement. She also managed overall supply chain management operations, including capital planning, financial and resource management and continuous improvement programs.
Prior to joining Montefiore, Demir’s previous roles included senior director of operations and supply chain management for New York University Langone Health; director of operations for Novartis Pharmaceuticals; and director of global operations for ThermoFisher Scientific in Life Sciences Technologies. She holds an MBA in healthcare management from George Washington University, a revenue cycle management certification from the University of San Diego, and is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
As Dartmouth Health, Demir will manage system purchasing, sourcing, capital and fleet, supply chain software, contracting, clinical quality value analysis and supporting the New England Alliance for Health. Her scope of work will also include process improvement, business continuity planning, regulatory compliance and an on-going focus on transparency and sustainability.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.