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Jim Brexler

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    Healthcare

    Doylestown Health Names New CEO as Penn Medicine Integration Continues

    May 7, 2026

    A major leadership move is reshaping Bucks County’s healthcare landscape. Dr. Craig Gronczewski has been named the next CEO of Doylestown Health, stepping into the…

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    Healthcare

    Penn Medicine Doylestown Health CEO to Retire, Talks Merger and Advice

    April 25, 2026

    After 13 years at the helm, including last year’s merger with the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Doylestown Health CEO Jim Brexler is retiring April…

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    Bucks County Leadership: Maria Santangelo, CEO, Barclay Friends

    November 13, 2025

    Maria Santangelo, CEO of Barclay Friends, spoke with Bucksco Today about her journey from growing up in Norristown to leading one of the most respected…

  • Toy ambulance at the Bucks County Children's Museum.
    Museums

    Bucks Children’s Museum Partners with Doylestown Hospital for New Exhibit

    September 11, 2025

    The Bucks County Children’s Museum in New Hope will be partnering with Penn Medicine Doylestown Health to launch an interactive hospital exhibit in December, writes…

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    Awards & Recognition

    Doylestown Hospital Earns Top Award for Excellence in Heart Health

    August 14, 2024

    Doylestown Hospital has been honored by the American Heart Association (AHA) for its exceptional care in treating heart disease and stroke, according to TAPinto Doylestown.…

  • Doylestown Hospital campus aerial view
    Healthcare

    Doylestown Health Advances Toward Merger with Penn Health System

    July 26, 2024

    Doylestown Health is moving closer to finalizing its merger with the University of Pennsylvania Health System, writes John George for the Philadelphia Business Journal.  …

  • Doylestown Hospital campus aerial view
    Healthcare

    Penn Medicine and Doylestown Health Unveil the Story Behind Their Long-Awaited Merger

    January 16, 2024

    The merger between Doylestown Health and University of Pennsylvania Health System has been more than a decade in the making, writes John George for the…

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    Construction

    Doylestown Welcomes Kids Back to its Children’s Village Three Years After Tornado

    October 5, 2023

    Three years after a tornado destroyed Doylestown Hospital’s preschool, children are once again on campus enjoying the new and improved Children’s Village, writes Ed Doyle…

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    Construction

    Rebuild Continues Three Years After Tornado Destroyed Children’s Village at Doylestown Hospital

    August 11, 2023

    Three years after a tornado destroyed the Children’s Village at Doylestown Hospital, the reconstruction of the daycare is still taking place, reports Deanna Durante for…

  • Doylestown

    Doylestown Hospital Recently Named as One of the ‘World’s Best’ Hospitals

    March 16, 2023

    Doylestown Hospital is ranked 8th in Pennsylvania and 122 in the United States in Newsweek’s 2023 World’s Best Hospitals annual listing. This is the fifth…

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    Healthcare

    Doylestown Health Signs Collaboration Agreement to Improve Access to Local Care

    February 25, 2023

    One of Bucks County’s most renowned medical centers has just entered a collaboration to ensure residents get quality healthcare. John George wrote about the collaboration…

  • Jim Brexler of Doylestown Health
    Leadership

    Bucks County Leadership: Jim Brexler, CEO of Doylestown Health

    May 12, 2022

    Jim Brexler, CEO of Doylestown Health spoke with BUCKSCO Today about growing up in St. Louis County, Missouri; taking Chevy Chase–style vacations to Southern California…

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    Healthcare

    Federal Funds Prove to Be Just What the Doctor Ordered for Doylestown Hospital’s COVID-Related Debt Recovery

    December 8, 2021

    Twenty-five million dollars in federal CARES funding mitigated the COVID-related debt Doylestown Hospital accumulated in 2020-2021. John George reported the save for The Philadelphia Business…

  • Doylestown Hospital's daycare, damaged by 2020 tornado
    Healthcare

    Charitable Outreaches Resurrect Doylestown Hospital Daycare Center Ravaged by 2020 Tornado

    August 11, 2021

    On August 4, 2020, vestiges of Tropical Storm Isaias sparked an EF2 tornado in Doylestown that damaged both the hospital and its childhood education center.…

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