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title: "Trinity Health's Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids names Chad Towner CEO"
description: "Chad Towner has been appointed president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, effective Oct. 19, according to an Oct. 5 hospital news release cited by Becker's Hospital Review."
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date_published: 2026-10-09T03:21:15.858Z
date_label: October 9, 2026
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# Trinity Health's Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids names Chad Towner CEO

*[Chad Towner](https://app.clinicalterminal.com/person/106824071) has been appointed president and CEO of [Mercy Medical Center](https://app.clinicalterminal.com/hospital/451658) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, effective Oct. 19, according to an Oct. 5 hospital news release cited by Becker's Hospital Review.*

Towner most recently served as CEO of Lutheran [Kosciusko](https://app.clinicalterminal.com/hospital/784988) Hospital in Warsaw, Ind. He has 30 years of healthcare experience, including nearly two decades in senior executive leadership, and previously held roles as COO of St. Joseph Hospital and CEO of [Dupont Hospital](https://app.clinicalterminal.com/hospital/212805), both in Fort Wayne, Ind.

In 2016 he became president and CEO of Mishawaka, Ind.-based Saint Joseph Health System and Indiana market president within Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, where he led a Catholic nonprofit regional ministry spanning two hospitals, a physician network and other services.

Towner succeeds interim president and CEO [Greg DeWolf](https://app.clinicalterminal.com/person/106824072).

## Sources

- [Becker's Hospital Review](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-executive-moves/iowa-hospital-taps-ceo-4/)

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