Mr. Steiner leads Phoebe Putney Health System, a nonprofit network with four community hospitals serving a 41-county region in southwest Georgia. There, he engineered “Phoebe Focus,” a quality and safety initiative backed by a $250 million capital investment that funded a new helipad, neonatal intensive care unit, renovated operating room suites and a 22,000-square-foot simulation lab. Under his leadership, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital has posted a 0.6% left without treatment rate, an 85.75% sepsis bundle compliance rate in 2025, and a 47-minute door-to-needle time for stroke patients. Mr. Steiner has also pursued a high-reliability organization strategy that included zero inpatient falls with hip fracture in 2025. He has built partnerships to address the workforce shortage, including an agreement with Morehouse School of Medicine to establish a regional medical school campus and new residency programs, and the “Living and Learning Community” with Albany Technical College, which converted a former high school into a residential and educational center for nursing students. Phoebe Putney was named to Forbes‘ “America’s Best Employers” list for 2025 as the only Georgia health care provider included, and earned recognition as a U.S. News & World Report “high performer” in five specialty areas. In 2024, the Georgia governor appointed Mr. Steiner to the state’s Healthcare Workforce Commission, and he was recently named chair of the board of trustees of the Georgia Hospital Association.
