Providence Hospital Announces Management Appointments

May 1, 2012 Mobile, Alabama—Clark P. Christianson, system president and CEO of Providence Hospital, announced the following management appointments:

William Mitchell has been named Environmental Services Director. He previously served in environmental services leadership at East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson.

Bob Thompson has been named Facilities Management Director. He comes to Mobile with 25 years of experience in facilities leadership. His prior positions include director of engineering services at Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula in Monterey, California and supervisor over facilities and plant operations at St. John's Regional Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.

About Providence Hospital
Providence Hospital, a 349-bed facility and member of Ascension Health, cares for more than 14,000 inpatients and 160,000 outpatients each year. Providence Hospital is affiliated with M. D. Anderson Physicians Network®, a subsidiary of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center recognized as the nation’s leader in cancer care. Other specialized services offered at Providence include open-heart surgery, obstetrics, a freestanding rehabilitation and wellness center and an Outpatient Center with dedicated outpatient diagnostic services and surgical suites. Providence has performed more open-heart surgeries than any other area hospital in five of the last seven years, and delivers more babies than any other private hospital in Mobile.
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