Sunrise Hires Senior Lifestyle, Brookdale Alum as Chief Clinical Officer

Sunrise Senior Living has named Paula Adams to the role of chief clinical officer in the latest new addition to its executive team.

As chief clinical officer, she is tasked with overseeing clinical operations at Sunrise’s 324 communities, with duties such as spearheading care and wellness programs, clinical information and clinical education.

Adams, who officially started her new role Monday, comes to the McLean, Virginia-based organization after three decades of working in the senior living industry. She previously worked at Senior Lifestyle Corporation, where she also worked as chief clinical officer and led clinical operations and compliance for the operator’s 180 senior housing and care communities. In particular, Sunrise leadership noted that she “played a critical role in designing and implementing value-based ancillary services to positively impact operations to include home care, hospice, pharmacy and therapy services.”

Before that, she was a regional vice president at Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), where she managed the company’s home health operations in its western division.

She also has spent time working with HCR Manor Care, Tender Loving Care, Housecall Medical Resources and Apria Healthcare.

“We are pleased to welcome Paula … and look forward to her utilizing her deep experience in optimizing care models and innovating service delivery across the health care spectrum to support our customers today as well as help us identify and execute on strategic opportunities for growth,” Sunrise COO Nick Stengle said in a press release about the hiring.

Adams is the latest member to join Sunrise’s executive team since Jack Callison took the reins as CEO earlier this year. The company in September named Mary Kay Gribbons to the role of chief human resources officer and Maria Davlantes to chief marketing officer. And before that in August, Sunrise hired Stengle — the former COO of Kindred at Home — while also naming Tav Hare to the role of CFO.

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