Daniel J. Wall, President and CEO, Honored with Prestigious National Award
(posted October 19, 2009)
Daniel J. Wall, president and chief executive officer of Bradley Hospital, will be recognized by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) for his contributions to the field of children’s mental health. The Robert Cancro Academic Leadership Award will be presented to Wall on October 28 at AACAP’s annual meeting in Hawaii. He is the first non-physician to receive this prestigious award.
Wall, who has led Bradley Hospital for the past 16 years, is being honored for his longstanding commitment to the families of Rhode Island and the thousands of children who are treated at Bradley each year. He also is recognized for his day-to-day leadership and his steadfast support of Bradley’s groundbreaking research initiatives and academic mission. Bradley is a major teaching hospital for The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
Peers who nominated Wall specifically cited his leadership in guiding Bradley’s ambitious campus-wide revitalization project – which includes the recent opening of the hospital’s new state-of-the-art inpatient addition – as an example of his tireless determination to enhance the care and comfort of patients and their families.
“Dan is a model president and CEO who has dedicated his professional life to supporting academic child psychiatry and our clinical programs,” said Gregory K. Fritz, MD, academic director, Bradley Hospital. “Under his leadership, Bradley Hospital has become a national leader in children’s mental health treatment, education and research. On behalf of the entire Bradley family, I congratulate him on this well-deserved award.”
The Robert Cancro Academic Leadership award recognizes a currently serving general psychiatry training director, medical school dean, CEO of a training institution, chair of a department of pediatrics or chair of a department of psychiatry for his or her contributions to the promotion of child and adolescent psychiatry. The award is named in honor of Robert Cancro, MD, chairman at New York University.
“Our mission at Bradley Hospital is to provide high-quality, family-focused care to children with emotional disorders and developmental disabilities,” said Wall. “I am extremely fortunate to have a world-class medical team and clinical staff who fully embrace that mission and help keep us on the forefront of innovative patient care, research and medical education. It is a privilege and a pleasure to lead these efforts and I thank the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for this great honor.”
A graduate of Providence College with a degree in accounting, Wall began his career in children’s mental health as a milieu counselor on psychiatric inpatient units. He was appointed president and chief executive officer at Bradley in 1993 after serving the previous five years as the hospital’s chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Prior to joining Bradley, Wall was the vice president of finance at the Hospital Association of Rhode Island and held various financial positions in health care settings. A native of Rhode Island, Wall currently resides in Pawtucket.
AACAP is the leading national professional medical association dedicated to treating and improving the quality of life for children, adolescents, and families affected by these disorders. Established in 1953, it is a membership-based organization composed of more than 7,500 child and adolescent psychiatrists and other interested physicians.