Liisa Ortegon

Liisa Ortegon is the president of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital (SNGH) is a 525-bed regional tertiary referral center and Level I adult trauma center, which serves as the primary teaching institution for the adjacent Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is the only adult Level 1 trauma center in Hampton Roads, home to the Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance, the region's first Magnet® hospital and nationally ranked heart program at Sentara Heart Hospital.

Prior to her role at Sentara, Ortegon served as Senior Vice President of Operations; Entity Business Practices Officer; Chair Institute of Academic Medicine; and Chief Nursing Executive at Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas Medical Center, where she led transformational activities for a variety of specialty services including cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, neurology and oncology and organ transplants, among others. Ortegon was with the hospital since 2011 in progressively responsible executive positions and she brings 29 years of health care experience to Sentara. Previous executive positions include Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), which included COO roles and responsibilities, for HCA hospitals.