SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - BHC Heritage Oaks Hospital, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Yannis Angouras, MHA to Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Heritage Oaks Hospital, effective this February. In this role, he is responsible for administrating over a breadth of Behavioral Health services and overseeing multiple facilities, including a 125-bed acute behavioral health hospital, three outpatient behavioral health centers located in Sacramento, Roseville, and West Sacramento, as well as an Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) clinic.

Yannis joins Heritage Oaks from Aldara Hospital and Medical Center, a Henry Ford International facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for 18-months. Prior to this role, he served as COO at the Los Angeles Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente’s 560-bed tertiary medical center and 68-bed Mental Health Center for more than 8-1/2 years, among other notable positions with respected healthcare organizations for more than two decades.

“I am committed to the future of Heritage Oaks Hospital because I believe it can be the epicenter of Behavioral Health transformation,” said Angouras. “It is time to make Behavioral Health a ‘first choice’ and dedicate the resources needed to accomplish that end, because true transformation of healthcare will only come through comprehensive strategies, policies, and best practices.”    

Yannis Angouras earned his Master’s in Health Administration from the University of Southern California and graduated from extended leadership training at Harvard Business School. 

Established in 1988, Heritage Oaks Hospital is a freestanding acute psychiatric hospital dedicated to serving the greater Sacramento area through patient-centered care, by providing a range of treatment services for both inpatient and outpatient needs to teens, adults and seniors living with mental and behavioral health challenges in a structured, safe, and therapeutic environment. Learn more: heritageoakshospital.com/