U.S. Radiology Specialists has appointed Lee Cooper as the company's new CEO, while current board member Molly Joseph will become its next board chair, effective April 1.
Cooper and Joseph will succeed John Perkins, the company's founding CEO, who announced in 2023 his intent to move on from his roles as board chair and CEO.
Cooper previously worked for nearly 30 years at GE HealthCare, where he led several business units before ending his tenure as president and CEO of GE HealthCare (GEHC) in the U.S. and Canada. There, he was responsible for the core businesses of imaging, ultrasound, Life Care Solutions, and Enterprise Digital Solutions.
Joseph, who joined U.S. Radiology's board of directors in 2022, previously served as CEO of UnitedHealthcare Global, where she led a team of 70,000 people and oversaw 55 hospitals and several hundred outpatient and ambulatory centers. Her corporate governance experience includes current service on the boards of West Pharmaceutical Services, AMSURG, and First Solar and as vice chair of the board of trustees at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, CA.