Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare selected Carolyn Carpenter to serve as president of Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, effective Nov. 1.
Here are four takeaways:
1. Ms. Carpenter has served as vice president and COO since September 2017.
2. She joined Sentara from Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System, where she worked for 20 years.
3. While at Duke, she served in several leadership roles, including as COO of Duke University Hospital in Durham.
4. Ms. Carpenter holds a master of healthcare administration degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.