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PRINCETON, Minn., – Feb. 3, 2010 – Fairview today announced that John Herman is named the president of Fairview Northland and Fairview Maple Grove Medical Centers. He will begin his duties March 1.

Herman has nearly 30 years of experience in health care, including executive management, strategic planning and service development. He spent much of his career with Park Nicollet Health Services, and was instrumental in its formation following the merger of Park Nicollet Clinic and Methodist Health Care of Minnesota. Herman was key in the creation of Park Nicollet’s Centers of Excellence, including its Heart and Vascular Center, Cancer Center and Eating Disorders Unit. Most recently he was executive vice president in the Health Care Division of Welsh Companies, a full-service real estate development company. 

“John brings a deep understanding of and respect for trends and changes in health care delivery,” said Daniel K Anderson, regional president of Fairview’s north metro medical centers that include Princeton, Maple Grove and Fairview Lakes Medical Center in Wyoming, Minn. “He is an innovative thinker and makes both strategic and visionary decisions on sound clinical and business principals.”

Herman holds a master’s degree in health care administration from the University of Minnesota; he earned his undergraduate degree from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn.