Stephen J. LeBlanc, Dartmouth Health’s chief strategy officer, was recently named one of “65 health system chief strategy officers to know” nationwide for 2023 by Becker’s Hospital Review. The honorees selected by Becker’s were called “guiding light(s) for their health systems, crafting short- and long-term strategic plans that drive forward momentum.”
LeBlanc joined Dartmouth Health in 1987 and has served in various senior leadership roles in operations, finance and administration. He was named chief strategy officer in 2017 and oversees Dartmouth Health’s strategic planning and regional network development, and is responsible for Dartmouth Health’s payer relationships and risk contract performance. He also serves as the Executive Director for the New England Alliance for Health, a shared services organization with 20 member institutions.
LeBlanc is named on Becker’s list among chief strategy officers for major health systems including Yale New Haven Health, the Cleveland Clinic and UCLA Health.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.