Sentara Healthcare Names New General Counsel

“Earl Barnes will join Sentara Healthcare as its general counsel on June 2, the Norfolk-based health system announced Tuesday. Barnes previously was executive vice president and chief legal officer for Chicago-based Amita Health. In that role, he managed the legal, compliance, audit and,” reports Katherine Schulte in Virginia Business.

“Prior to joining Amita Health, Barnes was senior counsel of the health care practice group at Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP, now Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. He also has worked with Advocate Health Care Network, where he led the $11 billion merger of Advocate Health and Aurora Health, as well as with OhioHealth Corp.”

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