In this position, Pressley-Capers is a member of the senior management team and reports to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Matt Van Vranken. Pressley-Capers supports the chairman of the Department of Medicine and oversees key clinical areas including endoscopy, dialysis, outpatient infusion, pulmonary technical services, radiology, cardiovascular, vascular laboratory, clinical diagnostic and interventional center (CDIC), non-invasive cardiology and radiation physics. Pressley-Capers also works closely with the department chairs to develop departmental objectives, forecasts, plans and budgets, and provides leadership support and direction to section chiefs.
Pressley-Capers was most recently the vice president of Operations Services at Detroit Medical Center in Michigan, where she was also vice president of Professional and Clinical Services and a regional administrator. Prior to her time in Michigan, she held executive positions at University Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida after serving five years with the Department of Health and Hospitals in Boston. Also in Boston, she received her bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University and her master’s degree from the Boston University School of Medicine.