“I always knew I wanted to go into healthcare, ” says Marc Gorelick, MD. “My mother is a nurse, worked hard and had crazy hours, but always seemed to enjoy it.” He has arrived. Today Dr. Gorelick is President and CEO of Children’s Minnesota, one of the largest freestanding pediatric health systems in the United States, with two hospitals, nine primary care clinics, seven rehabilitation and nine specialty care sites.
He joined Children’s in March 2017 as president and chief operating officer. Dr. Gorelick previously served as executive vice president and COO of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. A pediatric emergency medicine physician by training, his prior experience includes faculty positions at Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Pennsylvania, and clinical and leadership roles at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, AI DuPont Hospital for Children and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.