HCA (NYSE: HCA) today announced the appointment of Charles R. Evans as
President of HCA's Eastern Group effective immediately.
Evans replaces Jay Grinney who recently left HCA to become Chief
Executive Officer of HealthSouth.
As Eastern Group president, Evans will be responsible for HCA operations
in the country east of the Mississippi River. The group currently
includes approximately 100 hospitals in 10 states and approximately $11
billion of net revenue annually. Evans was most recently President of
HCA's Southeast Division, based in Atlanta, with responsibility for 18
hospitals in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
"Charlie is a veteran healthcare leader who is well-known and respected
throughout the industry. His recent election to the Board of Governors
of the American College of Healthcare Executives is indicative of his
reputation among other healthcare leaders," said Jack O. Bovender, Jr.,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HCA. "He has very broad
operational experience, exemplifies HCA's core values and is visionary
-- all traits that make him a natural for this position."
Evans, 57, joined HCA in 1995 as President of HCA's First Coast Health
Network, consisting of four hospitals in the Jacksonville area.
Following that in 1996 he was named President of the North Carolina
Division, with responsibility for all HCA hospitals in North Carolina.
Evans became President of the Mid America Division in Nashville in 1998
and assumed his most recent position as President of the Southeast
Division in 2001.
Before joining HCA, he held several positions with Community Hospitals
Indianapolis, a system of three hospitals, culminating as Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer. Evans' career started as a
counselor and social worker and he held various positions in the mental
health field before joining Community Hospitals Indianapolis in 1980.
Evans earned a master of business administration in administration and
management from Indiana University in 1984, a master of arts in
counseling services from Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1972, and
a bachelor of arts in psychology from West Virginia Wesleyan College in
1969. He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives
and a member of its Board of Governors, he has served on the boards of
three hospital associations including Florida, Tennessee and Georgia.
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