Brookhaven hospital chief stepping down
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | An exterior view of Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center located at 101 Hospital Road in Patchogue. (March 23, 2010)
The longtime chief executive of Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center has announced he is stepping down and will be replaced by the chief operating officer.
Thomas Ockers, 65, who has led the 306-bed Patchogue hospital since 1991, will be succeeded by Richard Margulis, 55.
Margulis will take over in April 2013 after a six-month transition, the hospital announced this week. Ockers...
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