Archie Drake, BSN, will join Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Sept. 8 as president of Methodist University Hospital, according to a health system news release shared with Becker’s.
Mr. Drake joins Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, where he most recently served as CEO of Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. He also previously served as COO at Tenet’s Valley Baptist Medical Center in Harlingen, Texas.
“Archie is a visionary leader and is focused, hands-on and deeply connected to patient and employee needs,” Monica Wharton, executive vice president and COO with Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, said in the release. “We are thrilled to welcome Archie to the Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare family and the team at Methodist University Hospital.”
Methodist University Hospital, also in Memphis, is the health system’s 583-bed flagship hospital.
