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On Call for Our Collective Community

Healthcare

On Call for Our Collective Community

A Conversation with Dr. Christine Alexander-Rager, President and CEO of MetroHealth

Friday, April 24, 2026
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Doors at 11:15am / Lunch at 11:30am / Forum begins 12:00pm

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"I think that we are the guardians of our community, right? We are the ones wrapping our arms around the community and saying how do we make certain that we are protecting your health and your safety." – Dr. Christine Alexander-Rager

If medicine is a calling, MetroHealth's new President and CEO Christine Alexander-Rager, MD, has been on call for as long as she can remember. Wanting to be a doctor from a young age, Dr. Alexander served as a physician with MetroHealth for nearly three decades. During this time, Dr. Alexander founded MetroHealth’s nationally recognized School Health Program, which partners with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and other school systems to bring in-school clinics, mobile units, and other services to students and their families. She also sparked the creation of MetroHealth’s medical outreach to the homeless.

As of October 2024, she has served as the System's President and CEO, and is clear about her top priority. “I think I’d like to be known as the CEO who really focused us on the importance of patients and the importance of our collective community,” she says.

Join us at the City Club as The Center for Community Solutions' Emily Campbell sits down in conversation with MetroHealth's Dr. Christine Alexander-Rager on the progress, challenges, and future vision for The MetroHealth System.

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Online ticket sales for this forum will conclude on Wednesday, April 22nd at noon. Still need a ticket? Let us know! Complete the ticket waitlist form here. We will reach out directly if we can accommodate your request, subject to availability.

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The livestream will be available beginning at 12:00pm. Have questions for the Q&A? Text them to 330.541.5794.

Production and distribution of City Club forums in partnership with Ideastream Public Media is generously provided by PNC and the United Black Fund.

The ideas expressed in City Club forums are those of the speakers, and not of the City Club, Ideastream Public Media, or their sponsors.

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