INDIANAPOLIS – Jillian J. Boerstler has been appointed
director of imaging services for Franciscan
St. Francis Health.
In that role Boerstler will oversee imaging services at all
Franciscan St. Francis’ hospitals in Indianapolis, Mooresville, Carmel and six
outpatient imaging centers. She succeeds Terri Ruff, who was appointed
executive director for Franciscan
St. Francis Heart Center earlier this year.
Boerstler previously was manager of clinical operations at Franciscan
St. James Health, where she led clinical service lines at a 410-bed,
two-campus hospital system in the south Chicago suburban area. Among those services
were ambulance services, bariatric surgery, diabetes, disaster preparedness,
emergency medical services, endocrinology, occupational medicine, outpatient
dietetics, wound care, inpatient dialysis and inpatient hospice care.
She has been part of Franciscan Alliance
for more than 10 years, serving stints as a corporate buyer and contract
analyst. Previously, she led youth ministry programming with the Diocese of
Fort Wayne and South Bend.
Certified in Catholic Healthcare Ethics and Healthcare
Leadership-Disaster Preparedness, Boerstler was an honors graduate at Saint.
Mary’s College/Notre Dame University, and received her undergraduate degree in
philosophy and theology. She later earned a master’s of public affairs-health
care administration policy at Indiana University. She currently is working on a
master’s in Catholic bioethics at Holy Apostles Seminary (Connecticut).
Boerstler is a member of Pi Alpha Alpha (National Honor
Society for Public Administration) and Theta Alpha Kappa (National Honor Society
for Religious Studies) and holds a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, a set of tools and strategies for process
improvement.
She’s a member of
the American College of Healthcare Executives, Chicago Health Executives Forum
and active in church and community activities.
