Sequoyah Memorial Hospital CEO Debbie Knoke retires: 3 takeaways

Sallisaw, Okla.-based Sequoyah Memorial Hospital Administrator/CEO Debbie Knoke retired, according to a Sequoyah County Times report.

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Here are three takeaways:

1. Ms. Knoke started working at the hospital as a nurse in 1995. She served in a number of roles at the hospital since.

2. Sequoyah Memorial Hospital recently entered into an affiliation with Northeastern Health System in Tahlequah, Okla. Ms. Knoke said she will “help with [the] transition and help in any way she can,” according to the report.

3. Julie Ward, vice president of finance at Northeastern Health System, is expected to take over as interim administrator of the hospital.

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