Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital Welcomes New CEO October 7, 2024 Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital welcomes Dan Rackham as the hospital’s new CEO. He is a proud Albany native who has lived in the area for most of his life. “This is the opportunity of a lifetime. I’m looking forward to leading and supporting the hospital and clinics to provide high-quality care for our community,” Rackham said. “Distilling the wisdom from the past with the innovation needed for future success.” He earned his doctor of pharmacy degree from Oregon State University College of Pharmacy and Oregon Health & Science University, following a bachelor of science from Oregon State University. His career with Samaritan started in 2003 as a volunteer in the inpatient pharmacy at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. He later became a pharmacy technician there and interned throughout his pharmacy school education. After completing a residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Rackham returned to Samaritan in 2009 as an anticoagulation pharmacist at Samaritan Health Clinic – Lebanon Medical Plaza. Rackham then joined the faculty at Oregon State University College of Pharmacy, balancing his academic and clinical responsibilities. In 2014, he transitioned to the role of pharmacy manager at Lebanon Hospital and was promoted to be Samaritan’s chief pharmacy officer in 2020. He is grateful for Samaritan’s commitment to career development opportunities as he has grown in clinical responsibility and leadership through the organization. As CEO for Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital, Rackham provides strategic direction and collaborates with the governing board, clinicians and organizational leaders to ensure the hospital fulfills its mission and achieves its financial and programmatic goals. He also chairs the Institutional Review Board for Samaritan Health Services overseeing the organization’s research activities and is an active member of the Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Council of the Oregon Society of Health System Pharmacists. He has served as president of the Oregon Society of Health System Pharmacists as well as chair of the Council on Therapeutics and Oregon Delegate for the American Society of Health System Pharmacists.
