More than a year after University of Utah Health Care CEO Vivian Lee resigned from her post amid sharp backlash for firing the leader of the Huntsman Cancer Institute and exposing a contentious reporting relationship between the two organizations, the state university has appointed her replacement.
Michael L. Good, who currently serves as the dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine, will step into the spot in early fall, the university announced Wednesday. While the news release does not mention Lee by name, Good credits the position’s “predecessors” for building “a strong foundation for future success.