David Storto joins Tandem Solutions with more than 40 years of experience and major achievements in health care. He served as the President and long-time leader of the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and Continuing Care Division of Mass General Brigham (formerly Partners HealthCare), where he developed and led inpatient rehabilitation hospitals with outpatient sites, long-term acute care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities and one of the largest home care organizations in Massachusetts. David also served as a member of Partners’ senior management groups during his tenure and worked with the system’s acute hospital and physician leaders to integrate care across the full continuum.
More recently, David served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Tufts Medicine (formerly Wellforce), anchored by Tufts Medical Center and including community hospitals, and home care organization and the Tufts Medicine Integrated Network of more than 2,000 physicians. David led the integration of the strategic planning, business development, market and communications and government relations functions across Tufts and the rebrand of the system from Wellforce to Tufts Medicine.
Amongst his many distinguished achievements, David secured the funding and presided over the planning, design and construction of the state-of-the-art Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in the Charlestown Navy Yard that opened in April 2013, 12 days after the tragic Boston Marathon bombings. Under his leadership, Spaulding has consistently been listed by US News & World Report as a top rehabilitation hospital, ranking as the #2 and #3 hospital in the nation for the past several years
Before moving to Boston, David was the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC, now the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab)), the #1 ranked rehabilitation hospital in the country by US News & World Report since the inception of the rankings.
David has served on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Hospital Association (MHA), the Regional Policy Board of the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Medical Rehabilitation Providers Association (AMRPA). He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Boston Business Journal’s Champions in Healthcare Lifetime Achievement Award, AHA’s Grassroots Champion Award, the MHA William Lane Hospital Advocate Award and AMRPA’s Edward A. Eckenhoff Memorial Award for national leadership and advocacy.
David received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, master’s in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago and Juris Doctor from the Loyola University of Chicago School of Law.