New vice president takes post at medical center
Published 10:53 am Thursday, September 15, 2011
Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin has a new Vice President of Operations joining its administrative team.
Ken Palattao began work on Sept. 12. His responsibilities include clinic work, surgery divisions, in and out-patient psychiatry and psychology, addiction recovery services, radiology, rehabilitation
services, medical staffing office/scheduling and Crime Victims Resource Center.
Palattao previously served as executive director for Pediatric Surgical Associates, regional director for Park Nicollet Clinic Health Services and clinic consultant for Midwest Clinic Management, Inc., all located in the Twin Cities area. Most recently, he was a V.P. for ADA Manpower International, LLC., providing international recruitment of Filipino nurses to health care facilities in the U.S., as well as off-shore transcription services.
Palattao has a Bachelor’s degree from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., a Mini-Masters of Business Administration in Health Care Management from the College of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, and currently is completing a Master of Health Care Administration program at the University of Minnesota.