Mrs. Susan M. Fuehrer was appointed the Medical Center Director at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC effective September 26, 2010. Prior to this appointment, Mrs. Fuehrer served as the Associate Director of the Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC since January 22, 2006. Mrs. Fuehrer began her career with the Department of Veterans Affairs 27 years ago as a management intern at the Brockton/West Roxbury VAMC. She has subsequently held numerous staff and line positions at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VAMC from May, 1986 to April, 2001. From April, 2001 to January, 2006 Ms. Fuehrer served as the Chief Information Officer for the Veterans Integrated Service Network for Ohio. Mrs. Fuehrer was detailed to serve as the Acting Director of the VA Montana Healthcare Systems from October 2009 to February 2010. She also was appointed to the VA Undersecretary for Health's Universal Healthcare Task Force in 2008 and served eight months developing the Plan to transform care for Veterans into the 21st century. Mrs. Fuehrer currently serves on Board of Director's for the Cleveland's Healthcare Information Management Executives, the Northeast Ohio Chapter of the American Red Cross, The Center of Health Affairs and is the Co-Chairman of the Cleveland Federal Executive Board. Mrs. Fuehrer is a 1986 graduate of the University of New Hampshire with a degree in Healthcare Administration and is a 1990 graduate of the Case Western Reserve University with a Masters in Business Administration. She is also a graduate of Leadership VA, the Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program, 2009 Cleveland Leadership and Harvard Kennedy School. She is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

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