HCA (NYSE: HCA) today announced the appointment of Charles J. Hall as
President of HCA's Eastern Group effective Oct. 1, 2006. He replaces
Charlie Evans who is retiring from the company.
As Eastern Group president, Hall will be responsible for HCA operations
in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, which currently includes 57
hospitals with annual net revenues of $8 billion. He is currently
President of HCA's North Florida Division, based in Tallahassee, Fla.,
with responsibility for 10 hospitals in northern Florida, Orlando and
the Florida panhandle.
"Chuck is a veteran with a great deal of experience, having been
president of several of our Florida divisions," said Richard M. Bracken,
President and Chief Operating Officer of HCA. "He is innovative and has
a proven record of success. I am confident he is a great choice to lead
our Eastern Group."
Hall, 53, joined the company in 1987 as Chief Operating Officer of Sam
Houston Memorial Hospital in Houston, Texas. He was later named Chief
Executive Officer of the hospital. In 1992 he moved to Southwest Florida
Regional Medical Center in Ft. Myers, Fla. as Chief Executive Officer.
He was named President of the Southwest Florida Division in Ft. Myers,
Fla., in 1994 with responsibility for six hospitals. Following that, in
1996 he became President of the South Florida Division, located in Miami
Lakes, Fla. and comprising 16 hospitals. In 1998, Hall moved to Ft.
Lauderdale, Fla. and became President of the East Florida Division with
operational control of 17 hospitals. He assumed his most recent position
as President of the North Florida Division in 2003.
Hall earned a master of business administration in 1979 and a bachelor
of science in finance in 1975, both from Florida State University. He
has served on the boards of the Florida Hospital Association and the
Florida Hospital Association Political Action Committee, and as
secretary of the Florida League of Health Systems.
He has served on the south Florida healthcare board of United Way and
has been an active fund raiser for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Hall
has also been active in the Salvadorian American Humanitarian
Foundation, the establishment and support of Florida International
University's Foreign Physician Nursing Program, and in supporting
nursing school scholarship initiatives throughout Florida.
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