Larry Volkmar

Larry E. Volkmar was named chief executive officer for Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in July 2007.

Volkmar comes to Banner Health from Sinai Health System in Chicago. There he served as president of Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Sinai Children’s Hospital.

He has also previously worked in a consulting role with Arthur Andersen LLP, and held a variety of leadership positions for other nonprofit and for-profit hospital systems over his 30-year career including eight years at the University of Chicago Hospitals as chief nursing officer and vice president of operations.
 
Volkmar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from St. Louis University in Missouri, and a Master’s of Business Administration degree from St. Ambrose University in Iowa. Volkmar’s first health care role was as a staff nurse, and he maintains his nursing license today. He offers expertise in operationally-focused hospital management, strengthening employee culture and building physician partnerships.