Personnel Moves: Three DFW Healthcare Entities Welcome New Leaders
Southwestern Health Resources, Medical City, and OneShare Health all make new C-suite hires; plus, City of Dallas appoints a new cultural affairs commissioner for District 6.
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Mariah Terry
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Business & Economy
May 4, 2021
3:07 pm
Medical City Healthcare
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Joseph Parra will lead Medical City Healthcare’s clinical direction, focusing on improving patient care and quality. Previously, he was CMO at HCA Healthcare’s North Florida Regional Medical Center, where he led the hospital through its COVID-19 response and increased quality scores. His experience also includes four years as CMO at Orange Park Medical Center.
He arrives after serving as Chief Medical Officer of two Florida hospitals.
By Will Maddox
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Healthcare Business
May 2, 2021
4:00 pm
Dr. Joseph Parra (Courtesy: Medical City Healthcare)
Medical City Healthcare’s new chief medical officer will be Dr. Joseph Parra, who will lead the local division of HCA Healthcare. He will provide senior clinical direction and work to improve patient care throughout the Medical City Healthcare network in North Texas.
Parra was originally trained as a hospitalist, and arrives from within the HCA network having perviously been CMO at HCA Healthcare’s North Florida Regional Medical Center since 2019 in Gainesville, Florida. While there, the hospital increased quality scores and physician satisfaction. He helped guide the hospital through the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, implementing guidance from HCA as well as the CDC. He was also CMO of Orange Park Medical Center in Florida, where he helped the hospital earn a Level II Trau
Correction: The online version of this story has been updated to correct Krista Hatley s name and Dr. Joseph Parra s title.
Krista Hatley joked that North Florida Regional Medical Center’s new postpartum unit couldn’t be opening at a better time the hospital is expecting its largest number of deliveries ever in December as families prepare to welcome “quarantine babies.”
“It’s opening just in time,” said Hatley, the vice president of women and children services at North Florida.
The hospital’s new 30-bed postpartum and 10-bed antepartum unit, which opens this month, is one of several units opening over the next several months on three new floors at the hospital’s south tower.