Le Bonheur president leaving for Austin, Texas job
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital President Michael Wiggins speaks during a grand opening ceremony for the hospital’s new greenspace on Tuesday, May 23, 2022. Wiggins announced Friday, March 10 he has accepted the position of President of Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
During Michael Wiggins’ tenure, Le Bonheur opened its first pediatric inpatient unit in Jackson, Tennessee, began construction on a $95 million expansion in the Memphis Medical District, navigated the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and celebrated Le Bonheur’s 70th birthday.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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