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The Daily Pennsylvanian

A brief history of UPHS

William Kelley spearheaded the creation of penn's Health System, and its current financial difficulties led to his departure. William Kelley spearheaded the creation of penn's Health System, and its current financial difficulties led to his departure.·October 1989 William Kelley becomes executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and dean of Penn's Medical School. William Kelley spearheaded the creation of penn's Health System, and its current financial difficulties led to his departure.·October 1989 William Kelley becomes executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and dean of Penn's Medical School.·1993 The University of Pennsylvania Health System is founded. The entity includes the Medical Center and a regional physicians network. William Kelley spearheaded the creation of penn's Health System, and its current financial difficulties led to his departure.·October 1989 William Kelley becomes executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and dean of Penn's Medical School.·1993 The University of Pennsylvania Health System is founded. The entity includes the Medical Center and a regional physicians network.·April 1995 Presbyterian Hospital, located in West Philadelphia, becomes the Health System's first wholly owned affiliate hospital. William Kelley spearheaded the creation of penn's Health System, and its current financial difficulties led to his departure.·October 1989 William Kelley becomes executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and dean of Penn's Medical School.·1993 The University of Pennsylvania Health System is founded. The entity includes the Medical Center and a regional physicians network.·April 1995 Presbyterian Hospital, located in West Philadelphia, becomes the Health System's first wholly owned affiliate hospital.·November 1996 Phoenixville Hospital, a 140-bed facility located in the western suburbs, is merged into UPHS, extending the system's community care reach. William Kelley spearheaded the creation of penn's Health System, and its current financial difficulties led to his departure.·October 1989 William Kelley becomes executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and dean of Penn's Medical School.·1993 The University of Pennsylvania Health System is founded. The entity includes the Medical Center and a regional physicians network.·April 1995 Presbyterian Hospital, located in West Philadelphia, becomes the Health System's first wholly owned affiliate hospital.·November 1996 Phoenixville Hospital, a 140-bed facility located in the western suburbs, is merged into UPHS, extending the system's community care reach.·June 1997 Pennsylvania Hospital, a Proper Philadelphia institution located in the heart of Center City, signs a formal affiliation agreement with UPHS. William Kelley spearheaded the creation of penn's Health System, and its current financial difficulties led to his departure.·October 1989 William Kelley becomes executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and dean of Penn's Medical School.·1993 The University of Pennsylvania Health System is founded. The entity includes the Medical Center and a regional physicians network.·April 1995 Presbyterian Hospital, located in West Philadelphia, becomes the Health System's first wholly owned affiliate hospital.·November 1996 Phoenixville Hospital, a 140-bed facility located in the western suburbs, is merged into UPHS, extending the system's community care reach.·June 1997 Pennsylvania Hospital, a Proper Philadelphia institution located in the heart of Center City, signs a formal affiliation agreement with UPHS.·June 1998 UPHS posts losses of $90 million for Fiscal Year 1998. William Kelley spearheaded the creation of penn's Health System, and its current financial difficulties led to his departure.·October 1989 William Kelley becomes executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and dean of Penn's Medical School.·1993 The University of Pennsylvania Health System is founded. The entity includes the Medical Center and a regional physicians network.·April 1995 Presbyterian Hospital, located in West Philadelphia, becomes the Health System's first wholly owned affiliate hospital.·November 1996 Phoenixville Hospital, a 140-bed facility located in the western suburbs, is merged into UPHS, extending the system's community care reach.·June 1997 Pennsylvania Hospital, a Proper Philadelphia institution located in the heart of Center City, signs a formal affiliation agreement with UPHS.·June 1998 UPHS posts losses of $90 million for Fiscal Year 1998.·May 1999 Faced with losses of $198 million for FY 1999, the Health System announces that it will lay off 450 workers and cut another 650 positions. William Kelley spearheaded the creation of penn's Health System, and its current financial difficulties led to his departure.·October 1989 William Kelley becomes executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and dean of Penn's Medical School.·1993 The University of Pennsylvania Health System is founded. The entity includes the Medical Center and a regional physicians network.·April 1995 Presbyterian Hospital, located in West Philadelphia, becomes the Health System's first wholly owned affiliate hospital.·November 1996 Phoenixville Hospital, a 140-bed facility located in the western suburbs, is merged into UPHS, extending the system's community care reach.·June 1997 Pennsylvania Hospital, a Proper Philadelphia institution located in the heart of Center City, signs a formal affiliation agreement with UPHS.·June 1998 UPHS posts losses of $90 million for Fiscal Year 1998.·May 1999 Faced with losses of $198 million for FY 1999, the Health System announces that it will lay off 450 workers and cut another 650 positions.·October 1999 The Hunter Group completes its evaluation of UPHS's financial health. A second round of cutbacks eliminates another 1,700 positions and the flagship Disease Management Program is curtailed. William Kelley spearheaded the creation of penn's Health System, and its current financial difficulties led to his departure.·October 1989 William Kelley becomes executive vice president of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center and dean of Penn's Medical School.·1993 The University of Pennsylvania Health System is founded. The entity includes the Medical Center and a regional physicians network.·April 1995 Presbyterian Hospital, located in West Philadelphia, becomes the Health System's first wholly owned affiliate hospital.·November 1996 Phoenixville Hospital, a 140-bed facility located in the western suburbs, is merged into UPHS, extending the system's community care reach.·June 1997 Pennsylvania Hospital, a Proper Philadelphia institution located in the heart of Center City, signs a formal affiliation agreement with UPHS.·June 1998 UPHS posts losses of $90 million for Fiscal Year 1998.·May 1999 Faced with losses of $198 million for FY 1999, the Health System announces that it will lay off 450 workers and cut another 650 positions.·October 1999 The Hunter Group completes its evaluation of UPHS's financial health. A second round of cutbacks eliminates another 1,700 positions and the flagship Disease Management Program is curtailed.·Yesterday Kelley is ousted from his position, though he says he will stay on as a professor and may accept a loosely defined administrative role.