SSM Health names new ministries president, adds board members

ST. LOUIS – Father Michael Rozier, S.J., Ph.D., has been named president of SSM Health Ministries, the sponsoring body responsible for preserving SSM Health’s Catholic identity and serving as liaison to the Vatican. 

Father Rozier succeeds Larry LeGrand, who served in the role for the past two years.  

Father Rozier first joined SSMHM and the SSM Health board in 2018. He serves as assistant professor of health management and policy in Saint Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice. 

He earned his doctorate in health management and public policy from the University of Michigan. He also holds an M.Div. from Boston College, an M.H.S. from Johns Hopkins University, and a B.A. in chemistry from Saint Louis University. He previously worked as an ethics fellow with the World Health Organization. 

In addition, SSM Health has announced the selection of three new board members: Janice Burnett, John Hardt, Ph.D., and Carolyn Kindle Betz.