When Chris Accashian started working at Bon Secours Richmond Health System, the Chesterfield County native was assisting a development team working on the Certificate of Public Need so the health system’s planned hospital, St. Francis Medical Center, could be built.
Eighteen years later, he’s running St. Francis.
Accashian took over as chief executive officer of the Chesterfield hospital in April, replacing Mark M. Gordon, who was promoted to CEO of Bon Secours Richmond East hospitals.
“It was really exciting at that time,” Accashian said about working for the health system in 1998 while pursuing a master’s degree in health administration from Virginia Commonwealth University.
