Mr. Calhoun leads Citizens Memorial Hospital, which serves an eight-county region in rural Missouri, treating more than 73,000 patients annually with a workforce of more than 2,200 staff. He has prioritized healthcare equity and access, helping it become one of only six hospitals in Missouri selected to pilot MO HealthNet’s “Transformation of Rural Community Health” program, which connects Medicaid recipients with social services through community partnerships. Mr. Calhoun is overseeing a $100 million expansion that will double the hospital’s capacity with a new three-story tower, expanded emergency department, all-private inpatient rooms and enlarged ICU, pharmacy, laboratory and birth place facilities, a project expected to finish in December 2026. He also led the introduction of nephrology and dialysis services, including a dialysis center operational since late 2025 that spares local patients from traveling for care. He also spearheaded a partnership with Unite Us to integrate community resource connections into the hospital’s EHR system. Under his leadership, the community hospital invested millions of dollars in staff retention, resulting in pay adjustments for 70% of the team. Mr. Calhoun serves on the board of the National Association of Rural Health Clinics and previously served as president of the Bolivar Area Chamber of Commerce. He has spent 23 years at the hospital, including 12 years as administrative director of clinics and a term as COO from 2020 to 2024, during which it earned a Leapfrog “A” hospital safety grade and was named a 2024 “Health Quality Innovator of the Year” by Health Quality Innovators.
