Memorial Healthcare System competitors

I am the president and CEO of Baptist Memorial Health Care, an award-winning hospital network with 21 hospitals in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. I began my career with Baptist in 2002. I am passionate about community involvement and serve on boards of the Greater Memphis Chamber, Memphis Tomorrow, New Memphis Institute, Tennessee Hospital Association and Memphis Bioworks. I also am a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’ Health Care Industry Council. In my personal life, I am a husband, father, deacon and Sunday school teacher.

Kent Nicaud is a Chief Executive Officer at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport. He has worked as COO:Operations at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport. Kent works or has worked as VP:Physician Administrative at Memorial Hospital at Gulfport.

Farrell Hayes is a President/CEO at Hutcheson Medical Center. He has worked as Staff Accountant at Hutcheson Medical Center and Chief Financial Officer at Hutcheson Medical Center. Farrell attended Gamma Beta Phi Society and Owen Graduate School of Management.

Experienced Executive Vice President with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Healthcare Consulting, Customer Service, Medicaid, Strategic Planning, and Healthcare Industry. Strong business development professional with a Masters in Business Administration focused in Public Accounting

Accomplished Senior Health Care Executive with a track record of developing and leading operational improvements in non-profit, academic, for-profit and faith-based healthcare organizations. Progressive management experience encompassing acute care, academic, psychiatric and ambulatory facilities. Demonstrated success in setting and attaining system-wide goals and objectives and improving staff accountability. Recognized for superior interpersonal skills and an ability to quickly develop credibility with physicians, staff and community leaders.

As president and chief executive officer, Bill Gassen is leading efforts to tackle some of medicine’s most challenging issues, including the state of global health, breast cancer, pediatric rare diseases and type 1 diabetes. At the same time, the organization is also advancing health care through its innovative integration of genomics into primary care, the creation of an expansive biobank and the exploration of the healing powers of immunotherapy and adipose stem cells. Gassen began his career at Sanford Health in 2012 as corporate counsel and transitioned to the human resources department two years later as vice president of human resource integration and eventually became the chief human resources officer. In 2019, he was promoted to chief administrative officer with oversight of human resources, technology solutions, legal, facilities, business development and the Sanford Sports Complex. Prior to joining Sanford Health, Gassen spent several years in private legal practice. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a law degree, both from the University of South Dakota. Gassen and his wife, Jill, have five children.