Brian Cook Named President of HCA’s Far West Division
March 21 2018 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Current Division President Bryan Rogers to
Retire
HCA Healthcare (NYSE:HCA) today announced Brian Cook will serve
as President of HCA’s Las Vegas-based Far West Division, effective
May 1. Cook will fill the role currently held by HCA veteran Bryan
Rogers who is retiring after nearly 20 years with HCA.
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Cook, who has been with HCA for fifteen years, is currently CEO
of North Florida Regional Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida.
In his new role as Far West Division President, Cook will oversee
operations for eight hospitals, nine surgery centers and numerous
other outpatient locations in California and Nevada.
“Brian has excelled in leadership positions in multiple
communities served by HCA,” said Chuck Hall, President of HCA’s
National Group. “He is a bright, skilled and experienced hospital
operator with a deep understanding HCA’s culture as well as a
passion for his employees and the patients we serve. We are pleased
to welcome him to the Far West Division.”
Cook joined HCA in 2003 and has served in numerous hospital
leadership roles in Florida and Tennessee. He was CEO of Parkridge
East Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee from 2009-2012 before
serving as CEO of Capital Regional Medical Center in Tallahassee
from 2012-2014. After that, Cook was named CEO of North Florida
Regional Medical Center.
Cook is a graduate of Florida State University and earned his
MBA at Rollins College’s Crummer Graduate School of Business.
A 19-year veteran of HCA, Rogers has been President of HCA’s Far
West Division for the last 10 years. He joined HCA in 1999 as CEO
of Riverside Community Hospital in California. In 2003, Rogers was
named President of HCA’s Midwest Division following the acquisition
of Health Midwest, a 12-hospital system in Kansas City. He was
instrumental in transitioning the new hospitals as well as
implementing many operational improvements and significantly
expanding services.
“Bryan is a charismatic and forward-thinking leader who
successfully guided two HCA divisions,” Hall said. “He led the
successful integration of Health Midwest in Kansas City at a
pivotal time and more recently oversaw a number of major expansion
projects that enabled us to better serve patients in California and
Nevada. Bryan has had an impressive career, and we wish him well in
retirement.”
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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