The President and CEO of UNC Health Southeastern, Joann Anderson, RN, will be retiring at the end of the year, according to a July 1 Bladen Journal report.
Four details:
- Ms. Anderson will continue her duties at the Lumberton, N.C.-based hospital until the transition to a new CEO is complete. The hospital's board of trustees will work with Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health to determine a successor.
- "It has been a pleasure and an honor to serve UNC Health Southeastern and this community," Ms. Anderson said in a news release. "I hope that, in a small way, I am leaving both in a better position than when I arrived. I was fortunate to become the fourth president and CEO, serving behind my predecessors who ensured a great healthcare system existed. My job was to build on what they started."
- The hospital, previously known as Southeastern Regional Medical Center, was acquired by UNC Health. The name and management change became effective Jan. 1.
- Ms. Anderson has worked with the hospital for 14 years. Her retirement will become effective Dec. 31.