Mr. Turner had been serving as president of Wellstar MCG Health on an interim basis, according to a news release. He also previously served as president for Hiram, Ga.-based Wellstar Paulding Medical Center. Before that, he held leadership roles at Cleveland Clinic, according to his LinkedIn page.
Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center is part of Wellstar MCG Health, a unified system formed by Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System and Augusta (Ga.) University Health System. The unified entity includes the 478-bed adult hospital, the 154-bed Children’s Hospital of Georgia, the Georgia Cancer Center and more than 80 outpatient clinics in Georgia and South Carolina.