AUSTIN, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas Hospital Association has installed its new Board of Trustees for 2005-06. Patrick L. Wallace, CHE, administrator of East Texas Medical Center Athens, was formally installed as chairman at the board's annual planning retreat on Aug. 12. Daniel J. Wolterman, president/CEO of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston, was installed as chairman-elect. Dan Stultz, M.D., CHE, president/CEO of Shannon Health System in San Angelo, became immediate past chairman.
New trustees elected to serve three-year terms include: * Don A. Beeler, FACHE, president/CEO of CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care in San Antonio; * Barclay E. Berdan, CHE, president of Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital; * James E. Buckner Jr., CHE, administrator of Uvalde Memorial Hospital; * Kirk A. Calhoun, M.D., president of The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler; * Kent H. Wallace, president/CEO of Baptist Health System in San Antonio; * Ronald M. Stewart, M.D., trauma medical director at University Health System in San Antonio, who will serve as a physician trustee; * Daniel P. McLean, CHE, chief executive officer/group director of South Texas Health System in McAllen, who will serve as trustee for Region 3; and * William W. (Bill) Webster, chief executive officer of Medical Center Hospital in Odessa, who will serve as trustee for Region 4.
Other trustees installed to fulfill unexpired terms on the board include Jan A. Reed, CPA, CEO/administrator of Electra Hospital District; and Michael D. Williams, FACHE, president/CEO of Community Health Corporation in Plano.
Trustees continuing as members of the board include: * Jeff Bourgeois, FACHE, chief executive officer of Hill Country Memorial Hospital in Fredericksburg; * Jon M. Foster, FACHE, president/CEO of St. David's Healthcare Partnership in Austin; * Robert L. Smith, senior vice president of operations for Tenet HealthSystem Texas Region in Dallas; * James G. Springfield, FACHE, president/CEO of Valley Baptist Health System in Harlingen; * David M. Cecero, CHE, president/CEO of JPS Health Network in Fort Worth; * Patricia J. Dorris, administrator/CEO of Palo Pinto General Hospital in Mineral Wells; * Arthur L. Hohenberger, FACHE, president/CEO of Hillcrest Health System in Waco; * Rick W. Merrill, president/CEO of Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi; * Craig E. Sims, CHE, regional strategy special programs for Tenet HealthSystem Texas Region in Dallas; * Howard M. Chase, FACHE, president/CEO of Methodist Health System in Dallas, representing Region 1; * Karen Sexton, Ph.D., CHE, vice president and chief executive officer for hospitals and clinics at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, representing Region 2; and * David L. Lindzey, M.D., medical director for Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple, serving as a physician trustee.
Leaders of THA's Council on Policy Development also serve on the THA Board of Trustees. Continuing in their roles as COPD representatives to the board are Michael S. (Mike) Potter, FACHE, president/CEO of Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, and chairman of the COPD; and Tim Lancaster, FACHE, president/CEO of Hendrick Health System in Abilene, and COPD vice-chairman.
Serving on the THA Board of Trustees representing the Texas Healthcare Trustees are THT Chair Peggy Y. Allison, member of the board of governors for Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio; and THT Chairman-elect Harold D. Samuels, chairman of the board of JPS Health Network in Fort Worth.
Founded in 1930, the Texas Hospital Association is the leadership organization and principal advocate for the state's hospitals and health care systems. Based in Austin, THA enhances its members' abilities to improve accessibility, quality and cost-effectiveness of health care for all Texans. One of the largest hospital associations in the country, THA represents more than 85 percent of the state's hospitals and health care systems, which employ some 300,000 health care professionals statewide.
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