Current Division President Peter Marmerstein to Retire
HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) today announced Dr. Ravi Chari will become
President of HCA’s West Florida Division, effective May 1. Chari will
assume leadership from Peter Marmerstein, who is retiring after almost
40 years in healthcare.
HCA West Florida is a comprehensive network of 16 hospitals with 21 ER
locations, 14 surgery centers, 21 graduate medical education programs
and a complete continuum of specialized health programs and services.
Currently, Dr. Chari serves as Senior Vice President of Clinical
Excellence, leading HCA’s Clinical Excellence program and Physician
Leadership Academy. A ten-year veteran of HCA, he has held hospital,
division and corporate positions with the company.
“Dr. Chari brings a unique perspective as a successful surgeon with
proven academic, clinical and management acumen,” said Chuck Hall,
President of HCA’s National Group. “His focus on patient-centered care
and his track record developing physician leaders will serve him well in
his new role. We are pleased to welcome Dr. Chari to the National Group
and the West Florida Division.”
Dr. Chari joined HCA in 2008 as Chief Medical Officer at Centennial
Medical Center in Nashville. In 2010, he was promoted to TriStar
Division Chief Medical Officer, and in 2011 he accepted a role in HCA’s
corporate office as Vice President of Clinical Excellence. He became a
senior officer when he was promoted to his current position in 2015.
Prior to his work at HCA, Dr. Chari was Professor of Surgery and Chief
of the Division of Liver Surgery and Transplantation at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center.
Dr. Chari is a graduate of University of Saskatchewan College of
Medicine and completed his surgical residency at Duke University and
fellowship at the University of Toronto. Chari also earned an MBA degree
from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.
Marmerstein is retiring after a nearly 40 year career in healthcare.
Prior to being named President of the West Florida Division in 2012,
Marmerstein served as CEO of CJW Medical Center, a two-campus hospital
in Richmond, Virginia. During his distinguished career, Marmerstein
served as CEO at several hospitals in Florida and California.
“Peter is a highly-respected and fearless leader, who provided
tremendous guidance through a time of significant expansion in the West
Florida Division,” Hall said. “His optimistic yet pragmatic approach had
a positive impact on the people he worked with and the communities he
served. Peter will be missed, and we wish him all the best.”
About HCA Healthcare
Nashville-based HCA Healthcare is one of the nation's leading providers
of healthcare services, operating 178 locally managed hospitals and
approximately 1,800 outpatient facilities, including surgery centers,
freestanding ERs, urgent care centers and physician clinics, in 20
states and the United Kingdom. With its founding in 1968, HCA created a
new model for hospital care in the United States, using combined
resources to strengthen hospitals, deliver patient-focused care and
improve the practice of medicine. HCA has conducted a number of clinical
studies, including one that demonstrated that full-term delivery is
healthier than early elective delivery of babies and another that
identified a clinical protocol that can reduce bloodstream infections in
ICU patients by 44 percent. HCA is a learning healthcare system that
uses its more than 28 million annual patient encounters to advance
science, improve patient care and save lives. Please click here to connect
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