OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center names new president

Alec Grabowski, MBA, MHA, has been named president of OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. He will begin serving as president effective April 1, 2025. 

Grabowski will lead OSF Saint Anthony in aligning with the overall strategy of OSF HealthCare. He will be responsible for directing all internal operations while continuing to ensure that high quality and cost-effective health care is delivered to patients.

“I am very excited to have Alec join our team,” says AJ Querciagrossa, CEO, Western Region, OSF HealthCare. “His impressive operations background and his down-to-earth personality have served him well in all the areas he has led previously. His servant-first approach will position him well in his new role. I am looking forward to him getting started and engaging our physicians, leaders, Mission Partners, and others within our communities.”

Grabowski has 15 years of health care career experience. His most recent role was network chief executive officer for a three-hospital system in metro Charlotte, North Carolina, including Lake Norman, Davis Regional Medical Center and Davis Psychiatric Hospital, in addition to an extensive outpatient network.  

“I could not be more proud or more honored to join the OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center family,” says Grabowski. “I am excited about the future as I lead our care team members in providing excellent health care and offering a space where our patients feel valued and rely on us for all their health care needs.

“I made the decision to join OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center as it not only is an excellent hospital; it is an excellent fit with my values,” he adds. “Raised in a Catholic household this is an opportunity to represent an organization and ideal that holds deep personal meaning for me. I also look forward to the culture and heritage of the Rockford area as I share both Polish and Swedish roots with much of the region.”

Grabowski earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. He went on to earn a Master of Healthcare Administration and a Master of Business Administration from Georgia State University. 

OSF HealthCare is an integrated health system founded by The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis. Headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, OSF HealthCare has 17 hospitals – 11 acute care, five critical access, one continuing care – with 2,305 licensed beds throughout Illinois and Michigan. OSF employs more than 26,000 Mission Partners across 160+ locations and includes OSF OnCall, the digital health operating entity which offers a hospital-at-home. Advances in health care transformation take place through OSF Innovation and OSF Children’s Hospital of Illinois, the third largest pediatric hospital in Illinois, cares for our smallest patients. In addition, OSF has two colleges of nursing; operates OSF Home Care Services, an extensive network of home health and hospice services; owns Pointcore, Inc., comprised of health care-related businesses; OSF HealthCare Foundation, the philanthropic arm for the organization; and OSF Ventures, which provides investment capital for promising health care innovation startups. OSF HealthCare has been recognized by Fortune as one of the most innovative companies in the country. More at osfhealthcare.org.