SISTER CAROL KEEHAN
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SISTER CAROL KEEHAN
Sister Carol Keehan , DC , is the ninth president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association of the United States ( CHA ). She assumed her duties as of Oct . 10 , 2005 , and is responsible for all association operations , both at its St . Louis and Washington , D . C ., offices .
She joined the Daughters of Charity Health System as a nurse in 1965 . By the early 1980s , Keehan had worked her way up to vice president for nursing , ambulatory care and education and training at Providence Hospital in Washington , D . C .
From 1989 to 2004 she was president and CEO of that same facility . She has been a major advocate of the Affordable Care Act and its gains in access to healthcare services for the uninsured .
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