By Healthcare Facilities Today

The Health Care Institute (HCI), an IFMA Alliance Partner, has announced the   selection of Leo Gehring, CHFM, CHC, FASHE, as President.  Gehring holds 30 years of experience in healthcare related positions.

He currently is President of Gehring Health Facility Resources. Prior to that he was Vice Chancellor for Campus Operations, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR. He was responsible for management of over 4 million building square feet, and approximately 450 employees with an annual budget in excess of $27 million excluding construction funds.

Gehring is a Lead Faculty member in the ASHE (American Society for Healthcare Engineering) Healthcare Construction Certificate, Healthcare Project Management and Certified Healthcare Faculty Manager training programs. He served as President of ASHE in 2007.

HCI serves a constituency that interacts directly with the business office and/or C-suite, and supervises multiple aspects of health care facilities management including healthcare facility design, construction and operations.  HCI along with ASHE are considered to be the two most prominent healthcare facilities related organizations in the U.S.

Major activities of HCI include the landmark “Benchmarking 2.0 for Health Care Facility Management Report” which was produced jointly with ASHE and CHES (Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society.

HCI’s predecessor, the IFMA Healthcare Council, was creator of the Green Patient Lab, which was viewed by more than 75,000 people in 14 different venues in North America.  A nationwide educational seminar series has traveled to 25 different cities (some multiple times) resulting in a forum where facilities managers can problem solve with healthcare architects, designers, engineers, contractors and administrators. 

For more information about HCI, visit the organization’s website:  http://hci.ifma.org

IFMA is the world’s largest and most widely recognized international association for professional facility managers, supporting more than 22,000 members in 78 countries. The association’s members manage more than 37 billion square feet of property and annually purchase more than US$100 billion in products and services. Formed in 1980, IFMA certifies facility managers, conducts research, provides educational programs and produces World Workplace, the world’s largest facility management conference and exposition.