Interview with William C. Schoenhard, FACHE, Deputy Under Secretary for Health for Operations and Management, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (United States. Department of Veterans Affairs) (Interview‪)‬

William Schoenhard was appointed deputy under secretary for health for operations and management for the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) on October 8, 2009. In this role, he is the chief operating officer (COO) and is responsible for VHA's 21 Veterans Integration Service Networks (VISNs) and VHA administrative programs. Prior to his appointment to the VA, he served in numerous leadership roles for SSM Health Care, including his tenure as its executive vice president/COO from 1986 to 2009. Prior to joining SSM, he was vice president and director of general services at Deaconess Hospital in St. Louis, where he began his career in 1974 as an administrative resident. A former U.S. Navy officer, he served in the Philippines and Vietnam on the USS Samuel Gompers.