William F. Streck, MD President & Chief Executive Officer Bassett Healthcare
Dr. William Streck is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bassett Healthcare a vertically integrated health care system with academic, teaching, and research missions. The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital located in Cooperstown, New York, is a 180-bed acute care teaching facility, an affiliate of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons with residency training programs in Medicine and Surgery. The Bassett Physician Group is comprised of a full-time closed staff multispecialty group numbering 220 physicians and other doctorate-level professionals in a multispecialty group practice. The Bassett Clinic located in Cooperstown, New York provides a modern practice referral clinic, staffed by the Bassett Physician Group. The Bassett Regional System serves the primary health care needs of residents of rural, central New York State through the Bassett Physician Group. Currently, there are 22 clinics and two affiliated hospitals in eight counties surrounding the Hospital's home county. The Research Institute of The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital located in Cooperstown, New York performs basic and applied research. Dr. Streck came to Bassett Hospital in 1978 at the completion of his training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York. He was appointed Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1991. Dr. Streck was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer at Bassett in March of 1985. In addition to his current position at Bassett, Dr. Streck has served on various professional and policy groups. He currently chairs the Public Health Council of New York State. Dr. Streck has served on New York State program and policy groups including the Advisory Committee on House Staff Working Hours, the State Hospital Review and Planning Council and its various committees, the Governor’s Advisory Committee on Healthcare Reform, and the Long Term Care Planning Advisory Group. He is the Past Chairman of the Board of the Healthcare Association of New York State, past Chairman of the Group Practice Advisory Committee of the Medical Society of New York State. He serves on the Board of the Healthcare Association of New York State, Iroquois Healthcare Alliance, and Empire State VHA. He also serves on the Boards of Excellus Blue Cross – Utica Region, Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Corporation, and New York Central Mutual Insurance Company. He is Chairman of the Board of Pathfinder Village, a residential community for individuals with Down Syndrome. In 2003, Dr. Streck was elected to the Society of Medical Administrators.