BALTIMORE (AP) - The president and CEO of a regional medical system has resigned following revelations of numerous questionable financial arrangements involving board members, including Baltimore's embattled mayor.
Robert Chrencik had led the University of Maryland Medical System since 2008 before being sent on a leave of absence in late March. He departed on leave amid allegations of "self-dealing" involving a third of the $4 billion hospital system's volunteer board of directors.
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has become the public face of the UMMS scandal after selling $500,000 worth of her self-published children's books to the hospital network. As a state senator before becoming mayor in 2016, Pugh had sponsored and co-sponsored several bills that would've benefited the medical system.
The medical system announced Chrencik's resignation Friday, describing it as "an important step."
