Universal Health Services, Inc. has announced the appointment of Edward (Eddie) H. Sim to Executive Vice President and President, Acute Care, succeeding Marvin Pember, who has announced his intention to retire. Reporting to President and CEO Marc D. Miller, Eddie will drive strategy and operations across the UHS Acute Care portfolio including UHS' Acute Care hospitals, freestanding emergency departments (FEDs) and ambulatory centers, as well as Independence Physician Management and Prominence Health Plan. Eddie brings nearly 30 years of healthcare and leadership experience.

Most recently, Eddie served as Chief Operating Officer at Centura Health, where he led the system's three operating groups, clinical delivery and shared services, with annual revenues of approximately $5 billion. In this role, he was responsible for supporting improved care coordination, operational and clinical excellence, and alignment across Centura's ecosystem of 19 facilities and more than 250 clinics. Prior to joining Centura Health, Eddie served in senior leadership roles of increasing responsibility for 11 years at Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida.

As president of physician integration, he was responsible for an employed physician network of 380 physicians and a clinically integrated network with more than 900 physicians. He also served as president of a community hospital with approximately $360 million of annual revenues and vice president of operations of a tertiary care facility with annual revenues of approximately $640 million. Eddie earned his BA in Economics from Boston University; his MS in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from Albany Medical College; and his MBA from Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business.