Sue Shugart has been named CEO of Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, N.C., and market president of two other Duke LifePoint hospitals in the state, effective May 26.
As market president, Ms. Shugart will oversee strategic alignment across Haywood Regional, Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva and Swain Community Hospital in Bryson City, according to an April 22 hospital news release. She will collaborate with Ashley Hindman, CEO of Harris and Swain hospitals.
She brings more than 20 years of healthcare leadership experience to the role. Most recently, she served as CEO of Rutherford Regional Health System in Rutherfordton, N.C., also part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Duke LifePoint Healthcare. Before that, she was CEO of MUSC Health Kershaw Medical Center in Camden, S.C.
Ms. Shugart succeeds Chris Brown, RN, who will remain CEO through early May.Haywood Regional Medical Center is a 154-bed hospital.