Leadership Profiles – Good Samaritan Medical Center

 

Joseph Lopez-Cepero, MBA, BSN, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Good Samaritan Medical Center. In his role, Lopez-Cepero oversees the operational responsibility of nursing care at Good Samaritan Medical Center. With over 20-years of nursing experience, and as a member of the administrative team, Joseph plays a key role in facilitating and directing nursing leadership and quality of nursing patient care.

 

Lopez-Cepero comes to Good Samaritan Medical Center after serving in the same position at Tenet hospital San Ramon Regional Medical Center in San Ramon, CA. While there, Lopez-Cepero was responsible for all nursing operations including patient care, quality, patient satisfaction, staffing, productivity, budgeting and clinical documentation improvement with oversight of 350 hospital staff members.

 

Lopez-Cepero earned his Associate of Science in Nursing from Pasco-Hernando College in New Port Richey, FL. He then went on to get his Bachelor of Science in nursing from Western Governors University in Salt Lake City, UT and also received his MBA in Healthcare Management from Western Governors University.