Dr. Joyce Simpson replaces Dr. Robert Tomec as president of The Medical Foundation

At the 2015 annual meeting The Medical Foundation board of directors voted in Dr. Joyce Simpson to serve as President of the organization beginning June 8.  Dr. Simpson replaces Dr. Robert Tomec following his retirement after 35 years.

As president, Dr. Simpson will oversee the multiple facets of the organization that provides clinical and pathology services in four states, more than one hundred hospitals and thousands of physicians. She will lead over 700 employees and 20 pathologists.

Dr. Simpson is a graduate of Indiana University School of Medicine, completing her residency at Methodist Hospital of Indiana. She has a Fellowship in Surgical Pathology and is certified in anatomic and clinical pathology and cytopathology. She joined The Medical Foundation staff in March 2007 and was named the Executive Vice President in 2013.

“I have the utmost confidence about turning over the organization to a smart, capable leader that will take the organization through future changes in healthcare,” said Dr. Tomec. “Dr. Simpson is a person who truly cares about the patients and clients we serve and values our many long-term loyal staff.”

At the same time, Dr. Amobi Ezenekwe will become The Medical Foundation’s Executive Vice President, replacing Dr. Simpson. Dr. Ezenekwe is a graduate of the University of Nigeria College of Medicine, Enugu-State, Nigeria. He completed his Pathology Residency and his fellowship in hematopathology at St. Louis University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri.  He is certified in anatomic and clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology. Dr. Ezenekwe has been a staff pathologist since 2005.