Loyola Medicine announces new president of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
October 13, 2025
CONTACT:
Allison Peters
allison.peters@luhs.org
708-216-6140
MAYWOOD, IL – Sarah Hunter, MHA, has been appointed as the new president of Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, effective Sept. 21.
Sarah is a transformational health care executive with a deep history at Loyola Medicine. From 2012 to 2019, she held progressive leadership roles at MacNeal Hospital, beginning as an administrative fellow and advancing to director of business operations. She then served as director of hospital operations at Gottlieb from 2019 to 2021, where she oversaw procedural, ancillary and community-based departments. During that time, Sarah played a pivotal role in COVID-19 response and helped launch key health equity initiatives.
Most recently, Sarah served as chief operating officer at Northwest Health in Valparaiso, Indiana, where she led significant growth in procedural volume, introduced new service lines and established the system’s first residency programs. Her leadership is defined by collaboration, innovation and a deep commitment to mission-driven care.
“We are confident that Sarah’s operational expertise, her dedication to community health and her deep understanding of our organization will be instrumental in guiding Gottlieb into its next chapter,” said Shawn P. Vincent, president and CEO of Loyola Medicine.
About Loyola Medicine
Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago's western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from nearly 2,000 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUMC is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, the John L. Keeley, MD, Emergency Department, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois's largest burn center, the Nancy W. Knowles Orthopaedic Institute, a certified comprehensive stroke center, transplant center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing.
Established in 1961, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital is a 235-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park that includes the Judd A. Weinberg Emergency Department, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care, Loyola Cancer Care & Research at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center, acute rehabilitation, a transitional care center, childcare center and fitness center. Founded in 1919, MacNeal Hospital is a 349-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced medical, surgical and psychiatric services and a 68-bed behavioral health program.
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About Trinity Health
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, faith-based health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 127,000 colleagues and more than 38,300 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 26 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 93 hospitals, 107 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 142 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. In fiscal year 2024, the Livonia, Michigan-based health system invested $1.3 billion in its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. For more information, visit us at www.trinity-health.org, or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and X (formerly known as Twitter).