MemorialCare Names Barry Arbuckle Executive Chairman, David Kim CEO

MemorialCare Health System Announces Appointment of Barry Arbuckle as Executive Chairman; Dr. David S. Kim to Become President & Chief Executive Officer

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., April 29, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MemorialCare, an integrated health system serving Orange and Los Angeles counties, announced today that its current chief executive officer, Barry S. Arbuckle, Ph.D, will assume the new role of executive chairman of…

MemorialCare Names Barry Arbuckle Executive Chairman, David Kim CEO

MemorialCare Health System announced a planned leadership transition that will move longtime Chief Executive Officer Barry S. Arbuckle, Ph.D., into the newly created role of executive chairman, while President David S. Kim, M.D., becomes president and chief executive officer effective July 1, 2026. The Southern California nonprofit health system said the changes follow a multi-year succession planning process led by Arbuckle and the board of dir…

MemorialCare CEO Barry Arbuckle to Become Executive Chairman - Orange County Business Journal

MemorialCare today announced that Chief Executive Barry Arbuckle will become executive chairman, effective July 1. Current President Dr. David Kim will succeed him as CEO. “MemorialCare is fortunate to have two extraordinary and proven leaders in Barry and David,” Resa Evans, chair of MemorialCare’s board of directors, said in a statement. The leadership changes are part of a “deliberate and thoughtful succession planning process” initiated by A…