Orange : UCI Medical Center Names Deputy Director

Thomas R. Mattison, a health systems specialist from Minneapolis, has been named deputy director and chief operating officer of the UCI Medical Center, the university announced.

Mattison, 46, will have responsibility for day-to-day medical operations at the center in Orange and will report to Hospital Director Leon Schwartz.

Mattison, before assuming his new position at the medical center this month, was executive vice president and chief executive officer of Mercy Medical Center in Minneapolis.

Before that, he served seven years as administrator of the Hennepin County Medical Center, a 485-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Minnesota Medical School.

“Tom Mattison came to us with superb recommendations,” Schwartz said. “He had extensive experience at Hennepin County Medical Center, an environment very similar to UCI Medical Center. He is ideal for this position.”