Marsha Lommel, chief executive officer of Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital for 26 years and an employee for 40, announced her retirement effective Jan. 16 next year.Â
Madonna’s board of directors and sponsor, the Most Reverend James D. Conley, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Lincoln, appointed Paul Dongilli as Madonna’s next president and CEO upon Lommel’s retirement, according to a news release. Dongilli has served Madonna for 28 years -- as chief operations officer for the past nine.
Lommel said in a statement: “I am very proud of Madonna’s transformation into one of the most comprehensive and advanced rehabilitation hospitals in the country. Over the past five years, we have admitted patients from 45 states and every county in Nebraska. Last year alone, more than 500 physicians and 100 hospitals referred patients to Madonna. We created a model rehabilitation research institute that has invented rehabilitation technology now in use around the world. Our innovative approaches have received national awards and attracted visitors from as far away as China to study how advanced rehabilitation can rebuild lives.â€
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Dongilli said: “Our challenge today is to expand our services. Madonna is frequently full and turning away far too many patients who need our specialized care. The response begins our next chapter … Madonna’s Omaha Campus.â€
Dongilli leads the Omaha effort in collaboration with Madonna’s partners, the University of Nebraska Medical Center and its clinical partner, Nebraska Medicine. Madonna’s Omaha Campus is scheduled to open at 175th and Burke streets in fall of 2016.
Madonna specializes in rehabilitation for traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and pediatrics.Â
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital is at 5401 South St. in Lincoln.