Background
Kovacs, Gail Louise Patek was born in 1949 in Cleveland, February.17. Daughter of Louis Cornelius and Veronica Rose Patek.
biologist consultant nurse business administrator
Kovacs, Gail Louise Patek was born in 1949 in Cleveland, February.17. Daughter of Louis Cornelius and Veronica Rose Patek.
1 child, Jeffrey Joseph. Bachelor in Biology cum laude, Ursuline College, 1971. Registered Nurse, Cleveland Metropolitan School Nursing, 1975.
Master of Business Administration magna cum laude, Cleveland State University, 1982.
Medical technologist Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1971-1972. Immunology research assistant Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1972-1973.
Staff nurse Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, 1975-1976. Staff nurse Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, 1976, infectious disease nurse, 1976-1978.
Associate director supply services University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1978-1979, assistant director material management, 1979, administrative associate, 1979-1980, associate director material management, 1980-1984, assistant general manager administration, 1984-1987.
Director operations Meridia Health Ventures, Incorporated., 1988-1991. Vice president Meridia Euclid Hospital, Euclid, Ohio, 1991-1995, corporate director, 1995-1996. Manager healthcare consulting Ernst & Young, Cleveland, 1996.
Lecturer management, epidemiology and material management.
Member (4) board directors.
Medical technologist Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 1971—1972. Immunology research assistant Case Western Reserve University, 1972—1973. Staff nurse Mount Sinai Hospital, 1975—1976, Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital, 1976, infectious disease nurse, 1976—1978.
Associate director supply services University Hospitals of Cleveland, 1978—1979, assistant director material management, 1979, administrative associate, 1979—1980, associate director material management, 1980—1984, assistant general manager administration, 1984—1987. Director operations Meridia Health Ventures, Inc., 1988—1991. Vice president Meridia Euclid Hospital, Euclid, Ohio, 1991—1995, corporate director, 1995—1996.
Manager healthcare consulting Ernst & Young, Cleveland, 1996—1998. Executive director Cleveland Health Network/Integrated Services Organization, since 1998. Lecturer management, epidemiology and material management.
Member (4) board directors.
Trustee Epilepsy Foundation Northeast Ohio. Member of American Society for Healthcare Materials Management, Health Care Information Management Systems Society, Health Action Council, Northeast Ohio Society for Health Care Material Management, Society for Hospital Purchasing and Material Management, International Material Management Society, Health Care Material Management Society (vice president, Presidential citation 1985), Health Care Finance Management Society, Transplantation Society of Northeast Ohio, Greater Cleveland Nurses Association, Ohio Nurses Association, Greater Cleveland Hospital Association Nurse Executive Committee, Lake Erie Organization Nurse Executives (board directors 1995), Healthcare Finance Association, Health Care Administrators Association Northeast Ohio, American College Health Care Executives (diplomate), Beta Gamma Sigma.
Married John Joseph Kovacs, June 24, 1972 (divorced). 1 child, Jeffrey Joseph.