Capital Medical Center

Capital Medical Center welcomes Jim Geist to their administrative team. Geist will begin his assignment with Capital Medical Center on May 3, 2010 as the Chief Operating Officer and transition over the next three months to the Chief Executive Officer role. Geist brings many years of successful hospital experience to Capital Medical Center. He is currently serving as the Interim Chief Executive at Southwestern Medical Center in Lawton, Oklahoma, part of the Capella Healthcare family of hospitals. In his career in healthcare, Geist has worn many hats having served as a Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and most recently, Chief Executive Officer. Joe Sharp, Interim CEO, commented, “We are very fortunate to have a new Chief Executive with the experience Jim brings to Capital Medical Center. Capital Medical Center is a first-rate hospital, and I am confident that Jim will build on the hospital’s reputation for high quality healthcare for all patients.”