Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - There will be a changing of the guard at Olmsted Medical Center next year.

Current OMC President Kathryn Lombardo has announced she plans to retire in 2019.

Dr. Lombardo will complete her six-year term as president on June 30, 2019 and then return to a limited clinical practice in psychiatry until the end of the year.

Lombardo joined the OMC Department of Psychiatry and Psychology in 1994. She served as department chair from 1999-2013, and was involved in countless committees and initiatives to improve healthcare access, quality, safety, and service.    

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