How I Made It: Richard Afable, CEO of Hoag healthcare facilities
Sunday, June 17, 2012 - 02:30
in Health & Medicine
A physician who once operated his own medical practice, Afable is among a new breed of hospital executives whose background is in medicine, not business.The gig: Richard Afable is president and chief executive of Hoag, a network of healthcare facilities that includes hospitals in Newport Beach and Irvine; health centers in Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa and Aliso Viejo; and urgent-care centers in Anaheim Hills, Huntington Harbour, Orange and Tustin. A physician who once operated his own medical practice, Afable is among a new breed of hospital executives whose background is in medicine, not business.