Dr. Leacche will be the first woman to serve as the Richard DeVos Endowed Heart Transplant and Ventricular Assist Device Surgical Director at the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based health system.
She has been a member of Spectrum Health’s transplant team since 2016, having previously served as a staff cardiac and associate transplant surgeon at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Cleveland Clinic.
Dr. Leacche will replace Theodore Boeve, MD, who’s overseen the heart transplant program since 2017. Dr. Boeve will continue to practice as a transplant surgeon at Spectrum Health until summer 2022.
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