Sources: UNC Health CEO likely to be named interim UNC system president
Dr. William Roper, chief executive of UNC Health Care, is expected to be named interim president of the University of North Carolina system on Thursday, sources have told WRAL News.
Posted — UpdatedThe UNC Board of Governors has scheduled an emergency meeting for 11:30 a.m. Thursday "to consider an executive personnel matter."
He has been a candidate for UNC president during past searches.
Under Roper's leadership, UNC Health Care has expanded into a statewide system with more than a dozen hospitals, including its flagship in Chapel Hill, Rex Hospital in Raleigh and hospitals in Smithfield, Rocky Mount, Goldsboro and Siler City. The system has more than 30,000 employees and nearly $5 billion in annual revenue.
At the UNC School of Medicine, total research funding has increased more than 50 percent during Roper's tenure, to $441 million last year. He opened doors for medical students to train in Asheville, Charlotte and Wilmington, and the school now trains more than 2,400 inter-professional health care providers and medical students annually.
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