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Leading candidate Reginald Coopwood, MD, has accepted the job as CEO of the Regional Medical Center at Memphis (The MED). Coopwood will assume the position on March 1, during a pivotal time in the facility’s development. The MED made headlines last fall when the Board voted to close the Emergency Department if $32 million could not be raised to sustain the Memphis area’s largest public healthcare facility.

A board-certified surgeon, Coopwood served most recently as associate clinical professor of surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and associate professor of surgery at Meharry Medical College, both located in the Nashville metro area.
A board member of the National Public Health and Hospital Institute (NPHHI), Nashville Health Care Council and Tennessee Court Appointed Special Advocate Association, Coopwood previously served as a member of the Board of Trustees for Meharry Medical College and Comprehensive Care Center.

A 2005 graduate of Leadership Nashville, Coopwood was named a fellow to the Health Care Solutions Group, co-founded by Vanderbilt University and the Nashville Health Care Council. As a member of the Nashville Downtown Rotary Club, he has chaired the Organ Donation Committee.

A member of the American College of Health Care Executives, American College of Physician Executives, R.F. Boyd Medical Society and National Medical Association, and a fellow in the American College of Surgeons, Coopwood received his pre-med education from Oakwood College, focusing on biology, chemistry—and business administration, before earning a medical degree from Meharry Medical College.

In 2000, Coopwood was the first appointed Chief Medical Officer for Nashville General Hospital at Meharry, and assumed the CEO role in 2005. That same year, Coopwood received the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center's coveted Dr. Archie Powell Excellence in Health Award.
 
 

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