NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. — Tony Martinelli, Pharm.D., M.B.A., who currently serves as the president and CEO of WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital, will take on the added responsibility of serving as the president and CEO of WVU Medicine Wetzel County Hospital effective Aug. 15.

He will assume the role from Sean Smith, who is transitioning to the president and CEO of WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkersburg.

Martinelli is an accomplished hospital administrator, having previously served as senior administrator at WVU Medicine Harrison Community Hospital, assistant vice president for clinical services at WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital, and as Reynolds Memorial Hospital’s first chief operating officer.

In January, he was promoted to president and CEO of Reynolds Memorial. He will continue to report to Doug Harrison, president and CEO of Wheeling Hospital.

A pharmacist by training, Martinelli started at Wheeling Hospital as a pharmacy analyst. He grew up in St. Clairsville, Ohio; graduated from The Linsly School; and earned his Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Wheeling Jesuit University. He is also active in his community, serving on the boards of Wheeling Health Right and the United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley.

For more information on WVU Medicine Wetzel County Hospital, visit WVUMedicine.org/Wetzel.