Ravi Chari Appointed President of HCA’s West Florida Division
March 20 2018 - 8:41AM
Business Wire
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.
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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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