Damon Harbison, President of SSM Health Illinois – St. Mary’s Hospital, Centralia, has been elected to the Board of Trustees for the Illinois Health and Hospital Association (IHA). The IHA Board is the policymaking body for the Association, which represents more than 200 hospitals and nearly 40 health systems across Illinois. Harbison’s term is complete in 2025.
“I am pleased to welcome Damon to the IHA Board,” said A.J. Wilhelmi, IHA President and CEO. “Damon’s extensive healthcare background and strong ties to his community drive his strategic approach to enhancing the patient experience. I know Damon will bring an important perspective as the IHA Board makes decisions that will guide healthcare policy in the months and years ahead.”
In 2018, Harbison was named President of SSM Health Illinois – St. Mary’s Hospital. Harbison has also served as the Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Operations at SSM Health at St. Louis - Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and Executive Director of Diagnostics and Therapeutics at SSM Health St. Louis – St. Mary’s/St. Clare/Cardinal Glennon.
Damon has a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, a Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Sciences from Washington University/Jewish Hospital College of Nursing, along with an Associates of Applied Science degree in radiologic sciences.
About SSM Health
SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated healthcare delivery system. The organization’s 40,000 team members and more than 11,000 providers are committed to providing exceptional healthcare services and revealing God’s healing presence to everyone they serve.
With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 290 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 12 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves. For more information, visit ssmhealth.com or find us on Facebook and Twitter.
About IHA
The Illinois Health and Hospital Association, with offices in Chicago, Naperville, Springfield, and Washington, D.C., advocates for Illinois’ more than 200 hospitals and nearly 40 health systems as they serve their patients and communities. IHA members provide a broad range of services—not just within their walls, but across the continuum of healthcare and in their communities. Reflecting the diversity of the state, IHA members consist of nonprofit, investor-owned and public hospitals in the following categories: community, safety net, rural, critical access, specialty, and teaching hospitals, including academic medical centers. For more information, see www.team-iha.org. Like IHA on Facebook. Follow IHA on Twitter.
