Ed Rush. President and CEO of Iredell Health System (Statesville, N.C.). After serving as CFO and then COO at Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., Mr. Rush took the helm at Iredell Health System in October 2004. The health system, employing 260 physicians, includes a 247-bed hospital about 40 miles north of Charlotte, N.C. Equipped with more than four decades of experience in the healthcare field, Mr. Rush earned his master’s degree in accounting from Columbia-based University of Missouri. Mr. Rush serves on the North Carolina Hospital Association’s board of directors and the association’s policy and development committee.
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