Baptist Memorial Health Care has promoted or appointed new chief executive officers/administrators for eight of its hospitals.

Paul Cade has been named vice president/CEO of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, the health care organization’s flagship hospital. He most recently served as CEO/administrator of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle.

Rob Coleman will serve as CEO/administrator of Baptist Golden Triangle. He is currently CEO/administrator for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Attala and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Yazoo.

 Mac Flynt has been promoted to CEO/administrator of Baptist Attala and Baptist Yazoo. He is currently the chief administrative officer for both hospitals.

Brian Welton has been appointed CEO/administrator of Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. He is currently CEO/administrator of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden.

Samuel Pieh has been promoted to CEO/administrator of Baptist Crittenden; he is currently chief operating officer of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.

Ann Bishop has been promoted to CEO/administrator of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville. She will also continue to serve as administrator of Baptist’s cancer service line.

“I am pleased to announce these CEO appointments for Baptist Memorial hospitals,” said Dr. Paul DePriest, executive vice president/chief operating officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care. “It is rewarding to promote from within our organization because we have qualified leaders who excel at their jobs. I have the highest confidence in all of them and look forward to working with them to achieve better health for our communities.”

These changes will go into effect in April and May 2023 and were precipitated by the retirements of Randy King, VP of metro operations for Baptist, and Bill Henning, CEO/administrator of Baptist North Mississippi.