COLUMBUS (WCMH) – The CEO of Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center announced Tuesday that he will step down from his position with the hospital.

Dr. Sheldon Retchin announced that effective immediately, he will take a leave of absence and then take another position at the university.

The announcement comes less than a week after a group of 25 doctors and professors came out publicly saying they have no confidence in Retchin as CEO of the Wexner Medical Center.

The group wrote a letter that accused Retchin of having a management style that is inconsistent with the university’s values of excellence, integrity, transparency and trust.

Statement from Dr. Sheldon Retchin: