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ATHENS -- The president of O'Bleness Hospital is retiring in 2022, OhioHealth has announced.
Mark Seckinger plans to retire in February, the hospital group said.
Seckinger has led O'Bleness as president since 2015 was president of OhioHealth Hardin Memorial Hospital for 14 years prior to O'Bleness. He has held various positions at OhioHealth Doctors Hospital in Columbus, including senior operations officer and vice president of administration.
"I have been thinking about retirement for a while now, said Seckinger. "So, as the end of the pandemic is in sight, starting a new chapter in my own life feels right. I plan to spend more time in Florida and resume traveling with my wife Kathy."
Seckinger will continue to advocate for residents of southeast Ohio in his retirement and serve as a board member of the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation.
A national search for a new president is underway and the hospital hopes to announce its new leader this summer.
Seckinger was born in Athens, raised in Nelsonville and graduated from Ohio University.
In 1983, Mr. Seckinger was named president and chief executive of Doctors Hospital Nelsonville. He began his career in healthcare at Mercy Hospital in Portsmouth, Ohio.
"I'm really very proud of the progress that O'Bleness has made over the last six years," said Seckinger. "I know that we could not have done it without the support we have gotten from the community."
Seckinger has led the hospital through numerous changes in his six year tenure. He became president of O'Bleness shortly after the hospital joined the OhioHealth system in 2014 and has overseen a number of major improvements since that time. Seckinger also oversaw the 2017 merging of the Athens Medical Associates and University Medical Associates physician practice groups, which led to the creation of OhioHealth Physician Group Heritage College.