Furst Group Assists Johns Hopkins Medicine Bayview Medical Center with President Search

November 12, 2026 – Executive search firm Furst Group, which serves the healthcare and insurance industries, recently assisted in the recruitment of Lisa Ishii as president of Johns Hopkins Medicine Bayview Medical Center. “This appointment follows a national search where Dr. Ishii proved the ideal choice to lead the medical center into the future,” Johns Hopkins Medicine said in a LinkedIn post. “Dr. Ishii has served as the interim president of Johns Hopkins Bayview since January. We are thrilled Dr. Ishii will continue to serve as our leader, and look forward to many more milestones to come.”

Dr. Ishii is a highly accomplished clinician-leader, having held a large number of clinical and leadership roles at Johns Hopkins Medicine. These include, but are not limited to, serving as medical director of the Johns Hopkins White Marsh Surgery Center; senior medical director for clinical integration in the Office of Johns Hopkins Physicians; chief quality officer for ambulatory procedures for the health system; and senior vice president of operations for Johns Hopkins Health System.

In addition to her leadership roles, Dr. Ishii has continued to serve as professor of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at The Johns Hopkins University and practice as a respected clinician. In addition, she has published extensively in peer-reviewed publications, written multiple book chapters and serves as an associate editor for the specialty journal Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine.

Johns Hopkins Medicine is an integrated academic health system based in Baltimore, MD, combining the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with The Johns Hopkins Hospital and a network of healthcare facilities and outpatient centers. The organization is known for its focus on patient care, medical education, and research, and it operates as one of the largest healthcare providers in the region.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is an academic medical. The hospital provides a broad range of medical and surgical services, including emergency care, geriatrics, rehabilitation, and specialty care, while supporting medical education, clinical training, and research.

Furst Group, headquartered in Rockford, IL, partners with many of the premier healthcare organizations in the world, from providers and payers to life-science companies and private equity/venture capital firms. While Furst Group’s roots are in managed care, the firm continues to be one of the nation’s leading executive search partners to health systems, hospitals, academic medical centers, post-acute, and hospice and palliative care facilities. Its work with insurers stretches back to the HMO era, yet the firm also teams with life science, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies. Furst Group also has offices in Phoenix, AZ; Radnor, PA; San Francisco; Brentwood, TN; Chicago; Irving, TX; Minneapolis, MN; Seattle; St. Louis; and Washington, D.C.

Bob Clarke, chairman of Furst Group, has been a trusted advisor to CEOs and boards for more than 30 years. His acumen in executive search and integrated talent management is valued by hospital systems, managed care organizations, medical groups, indemnity companies, end-of-life care providers, healthcare associations, and other medical delivery systems across the U.S. Mr. Clarke concentrates his work at the board and C-suite levels for providers and payers of every variety, creating recruitment processes and counseling boards and search committees. He also partners with boards of directors of healthcare organizations to manage C-suite transitions, develop succession plans, assess leadership teams, and implement leadership development programs.

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Furst Group also recently assisted in the recruitment of Enbar Cohen as its new vice president, human resources of Johns Hopkins Medicine. “We’re excited to welcome Enbar Cohen as our new vice president of human resources,” Johns Hopkins Medicine said in a LinkedIn post. “Enbar joins us from Jackson Health System in Miami, bringing extensive expertise in talent strategy, employee and labor relations, and building strong workplace cultures.”

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“For more than a decade, Furst Group has partnered with Johns Hopkins Medicine on critical leadership needs,” Furst Group said in a LinkedIn post. “This engagement also continues that relationship following our earlier placement of Kristena Lukish, who served the organization with distinction for eight years until her recent retirement.”

Prior to joining Johns Hopkins Hospital, Ms. Cohen held multiple senior leadership roles at Jackson Health System over nearly a decade. Most recently, she served as associate vice president, talent, employee/labor relations, and workforce compliance, where she oversaw talent strategy and workforce governance.

Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media

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