Senior Leadership
Our specialty care and research strengths allow VCUHS to attract the
best and brightest through our organization. Nowhere is this more
apparent than with our senior leaders.
Many current leaders have advanced quickly during their careers at
VCUHS while others have led peer organizations and medical organizations
around the country. Regardless, their experience, knowledge and leadership
are yet another factor that sets VCUHS apart as a workplace of choice.
Our leaders are visible men and women who communicate openly and
honestly with staff and reinforce our health care mission. Our visionary
leadership team embraces credibility, respect, fairness and pride in
our workforce while ensuring that VCUHS is a progressive, stimulating
and supportive environment for employees.
 Dr. Eugene P. Trani
VCU President & VCUHS President, VCUHS Authority Board Chair
Since arriving in 1990 to become the fourth president of Virginia Commonwealth University, Dr. Eugene P. Trani has greatly expanded the mission of the University so that it plays a key role in metropolitan and statewide development.
Since 1990, Dr. Trani has spearheaded an investment in the institution's infrastructure currently worth more than $689 million, more than $400 million of which has been devoted to facilities for the sciences, engineering, biomedical research, biotechnology, and patient care. Approximately $82 million has been invested in construction on Broad Street next to campus, which has attracted approximately $45 million in new business activity in this area, including Kroger, Lowes, and upscale apartments.
In the early 1990s, Dr. Trani also established the Virginia Biotechnology Research Park, becoming Chair of its Authority Board. The Research Park is a collaboration of academic, business, government and civic leaders to serve as a catalyst for bioscience and technology development in the state.
Dr. Trani also spearheaded a public-private partnership to establish a new engineering school at VCU with a focus on biomedical engineering. Established in 1996, today more than 1,000 students are enrolled in its undergraduate and graduate biomedical, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering and computer science programs. The influence of the engineering school and the Research Park led Fortune magazine to name Richmond one of the ten most improved places for business in North America.
As President and Chair of the Board of Directors of the VCU Health System, Dr. Trani has had a tremendous influence on the role of the University's clinical mission in health care in the region and across the state. Strategic planning under his leadership led in 2000 to the establishment of the VCU Health System, which brings together MCV Hospitals, MCV Physicians,Virginia Premier Health Plan and University Health Services.
In working toward the establishment of the VCU Health System, Dr. Trani envisioned a partnership between VCU's clinical mission and the greater health-care community. The VCU Health System has now established more than a dozen satellite primary and specialty care facilities throughout the region, which provide better access to the Health System's physicians and services. This objective has included a focus on improving access to primary care for those who cannot afford health-care or insurance. The result is the Virginia Coordinated Care for the Uninsured, a partnership with community physicians to provide patients more effective and less costly primary care as well as to improve the health status of the Richmond population.
Dr. Trani's community service leadership has been recognized in a number of ways. Because of his vision of VCU and the VCU Health System as partners in community development, he was appointed Chair of the Metropolitan Richmond Chamber of Commerce for 1997-98 and recently Chair of Richmond Renaissance.
Dr. Trani has remained a scholar of history and U.S. foreign affairs throughout his career. His areas of expertise include, among others, community and economic development, the international role of American higher education, U.S. foreign policy, and the American presidency.
 Sheldon M. Retchin, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Chief Executive Officer, VCU Health System & Vice President for Health Sciences, VCU
Sheldon M. Retchin, M.D., M.S.P.H. serves as chief executive officer
of VCUHS and vice president for Health Sciences at VCU, a position
he has held since September 2002.
As the leader of more than 7,500 health care professionals, he is
responsible for the clinical delivery system of VCU, Medicaid HMO,
and six health science schools of the University: Medicine, Dentistry,
Nursing, Pharmacy, Allied Health and Public Health.
Before assuming the top leadership role at VCUHS, Dr. Retchin was
senior executive vice president and chief operating officer where he
played a key role in bridging the hospital and physician practice operations.
For more than nine years, Dr. Retchin served as president of MCV Physicians,
the faculty practice plan of the VCU School of Medicine. Under his
leadership, MCV Physicians went from a loose organization of nearly
two dozen independent physician practice plans into a single practice
group with unified business functions, including central billing, collections
and insurance contracting.
In his 20-year career at VCUHS, Dr. Retchin also has served as a
professor in the departments of internal medicine, gerontology and
health administration. In addition, he has served as chief of geriatric
medicine and chief resident of internal medicine.
His clinical specialties include:
- Health Promotion
- Disease Prevention
- General Internal and Geriatric Medicine
- Expertise in Driving Evaluation for the Elderly
Dr. Retchin and his family, including a daughter and twin boys, live
in Richmond. He enjoys music, including playing the harmonica, and
is an avid swimmer.
Educational Background
As a native of Wilmington, N.C., Dr. Retchin studied at the University
of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), where he received his
B.A. in 1972 and his M.D. in 1976.
After undergoing his internal medicine residency at VCUHS from 1976-’80,
Dr. Retchin returned to UNC-CH as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar
from 1980-’82, when he received his M.S.P.H. From 1982-’86,
Dr. Retchin served as director of ambulatory Care at UNC-CH’s
Department of Internal Medicine. He joined VCUHS in 1986.
Awards & Distinctions
As a national expert in health policy and health care delivery, Dr.
Retchin has been appointed to numerous national panels related to managed
care and served as a technical advisor for Medicare’s Consumer
Assessment of Health Plans’ study, directed by Harvard University.
Recently, his alma mater UNC-CH honored him with a distinguished service
award. In 1984, the American College of Physicians named him a fellow.
Professional Involvement
Dr. Retchin is a member of Academy Health, the American Medical Association,
Medical Society of Virginia and Richmond Academy of Medicine. In addition,
he serves on the board of directors for the Virginia Hospital and
Health System Association.
More Senior Leaders
Sheldon Retchin, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Chief Executive Officer, VCU Health System and VCU Vice President for Health Sciences
John Duval
Chief Executive Officer, MCV Hospitals
VCU Health System
Richard Wenzel, M.D., M.Sc.
President, MCV Physicians
VCU Health System
James Potyraj
Executive Vice President, MCV Physicians
VCU Health System
Carl Gattuso
Executive Vice President
and Chief Corporate Officer
VCU Health System
Dominic Puleo
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
VCU Health System
Linda Pearson
Senior Vice President, VCU Health System and Chief Financial Officer, MCV Hospitals
Ralph R. Clark, M.D.
Vice President Clinical Activities
and Chief Medical Officer
VCU Health System
Carol Crosby
Vice President Patient Care Services
and Chief Nursing Officer
VCU Health System
Maria Curran
Vice President Human Resources
VCU Health System
Marcos Irigaray
Vice President Strategy and Professional Services VCU Health System
Darrell Johnson
Vice President Support and Professional Services VCU Health System
Sheryl Garland
Vice President Community Outreach
VCU Health System
David Parker
Vice President Administration
VCU Health System
Penny Trentham
Vice President, Managed Care and Contracting VCU Health System
Jean Reed
Vice President and General Counsel
VCU Health System
Jalana L. McCasland
Vice President, MCV Physicians
VCU Health System
Cynthia H. Earnhardt
Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer
VCU Health System
Richard S. Pollack
Vice President, Chief Information Officer
VCU Health System
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