LAS VEGAS, Nev.—David Rencher, recently chief executive officer of Desert View Regional Medical Center, has joined University Health System as director of operations and business development. University Health System is the statewide clinical practice of the University of Nevada School of Medicine.

Rencher will provide direction for the day-to-day operations of University Health System, including the administrative and strategic direction in planning, monitoring and managing the operations of the clinical practice, in Las Vegas.

Rencher has more than 20 years of experience in the hospital and health care services industry.

He most recently led the construction, licensure, certification and opening of Desert View Regional Medical Center in Pahrump, Nevada. The $36 million, 50-bed center serves a community of 38,000.

Before opening the medical center, Rencher was president and chief executive officer of Chippewa County War Memorial Hospital, a non-profit, 133-bed facility in Michigan.

University Health System, the clinical practice of the University of Nevada School of Medicine, offers care in more than 40 medical specialties. As Nevada's largest medical practice, University Health System's more than 300 doctors practice and teach medicine throughout the state. For more information visit uhsnevada.org.

University Health System
Edgar Antonio Nunez
(702) 671-2230