Exceptional Experiences at Community Health Network

Tony Lennen will join the Community family when he assumes his new role as president at Community Hospital South August 31. An experienced hospital administrator with in-depth understanding of the South market, Lennen admits, “No question, this is an incredibly exciting time for CHS, and I feel extremely honored to be a small part of this.”

Most recently, Lennen served as managing director for Catalyst Healthcare Advisors, a health care process improvement consulting firm. Prior to that, he held the position of president and CEO of Major Hospital in Shelbyville from 1993 to 2008.

“I am confident in Tony’s ability to lead during this exciting time at Community Hospital South, given his strong track record of success,” says Mike Blanchet, president and CEO, Community Hospitals of Indiana. “He brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm around creating exceptional experiences for patients and families, building strong physician relationships, and serving as an advocate for employees. In addition, he is very excited about the opportunities for Community Health Network to grow in the South market.”

“Community Health Network’s culture of valuing physician integration gives it a significant advantage in the central Indiana market,” Lennen observes, “and as the network continues to ‘connect’ this culture with its informatics plan and its physician growth plan, it will continue to afford us with tremendous growth opportunities.”

Having demonstrated leadership at Major Hospital, Lennen embraces the culture of Community and is committed to realizing his design for growth and outreach. “Patients, families and physicians have many choices and our goal is to make Community the system of choice for our clientele.”

Lennen’s personal interests include golf, weight lifting, running, spectator sports and reading. He lives in Shelbyville with his family, which includes wife Beth, a cardiac critical care nurse, and two children.

Expertise in case management and a connection to the eastside community are among the benefits that Robin Ledyard, M.D., will bring to her new role of Community Hospital East president beginning August 31. She has been serving as physician advisor for case management as well as medical director for the network’s community benefit program.

“I’ve always been one as a physician to look at the global picture,” she says. “I like to think about the system of medicine, and how we can provide care to as many people as possible in a cost-efficient manner, at the same time maintaining quality and safety. We want to take care of the people in our local community.”

That’s exactly what she has already been doing in her community benefit work. For example, her fingerprints are all over the plans for The Jane Pauley Community Health Center, which will open in September to provide primary care to eastside patients—regardless of their ability to pay.

As president of Community East, she vows that the hospital will continue the various works that improve health and quality of life in the neighborhoods that launched the institution. She notes that the hospital has a rich tradition of involvement in the community, from the construction of Habitat for Humanity homes to this summer’s planting of a medicinal garden on the grounds of a local school. “I think all of these things help improve the health of the community in a global perspective.”

“Robin’s wealth of experience ranges from private practice to public health to hospital care,” notes Mike Blanchet, president and CEO, Community Hospitals of Indiana. “She brings to her role passion for promoting health, eagerness to get involved in the community, and commitment to continuing Community’s long-standing mission of meeting health care needs on the eastside. I look forward to having another very engaged physician on our leadership team.”

Dr. Ledyard is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine and holds a master’s degree in public health. In her free time, she enjoys running, biking and other outdoor activities. She lives in downtown Indianapolis with her husband, Tom Ledyard, M.D., a family physician with Community’s Family Medicine Residency Program. They have two daughters.