Ms. Isgett serves as president and CEO of McLeod Health, a role she assumed in March 2021 after being promoted from COO. She joined McLeod Health in 1997 and, as COO, was responsible for oversight of administrators at the system’s seven hospitals. She spent the majority of her clinical career as an emergency flight nurse. Earlier at McLeod, Ms. Isgett served as senior vice president of corporate quality, helping the system earn a national reputation for quality of care, and oversaw McLeod Physician Associates. She serves on the South Carolina Hospital Association board and also sits on the board of trustees of Coker University in Hartsville, S.C. She co-chaired the 2005 Institute for Healthcare Improvement Forum. Ms. Isgett’s honors include the “Milliken Medal of Quality” from the South Carolina Quality National Forum and the “Lewis Blackman Patient Safety Award” from the South Carolina Hospital Association, and she was a 2011 Liberty Fellow at the Aspen Global Institute.
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