HCA (NYSE: HCA) today announced that Eastern Group President, Charles R.
Evans will retire effective December 31, 2006. His successor will be
named shortly.
As Eastern Group president, Evans was responsible for HCA operations in
Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, which currently includes 57
hospitals with annual net revenues of $8 billion.
"Charlie has had a great career with HCA," said Richard M. Bracken,
President and Chief Operating Officer of HCA. "As president of several
divisions and our Eastern Group he has guided substantial growth and
improvement for the company and helped many hospitals better serve their
communities. We wish him well in retirement."
Evans, 59, 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 was named President of the Southeast Division in 2001. He became
Eastern Group President in 2004.
Before joining HCA, Evans was President of Memorial Medical Center
Jacksonville, in Jacksonville, Fla. Before that he held several
positions with Community Hospitals Indianapolis, a system of three
hospitals, culminating as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer. Evans's career started as a mental health counselor and
community mental health center administrator 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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