ScionHealth Leaders and Hospitals Abound on Becker’s Awards Lists in 2025
Becker’s recognizes individuals and organizations in a range of healthcare categories every month, and ScionHealth representatives and facilities have appeared on seven such lists through mid-July 2025.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - Throughout the first half of 2025, ScionHealth hospitals and leaders have consistently been included on the recognition lists and awards of Becker’s Hospital Review.
A leading national media outlet for healthcare and hospital news, Becker’s recognizes individuals and organizations in a range of healthcare categories every month, and ScionHealth representatives and facilities have appeared on seven such lists so far in 2025. These recognitions include, notably, ScionHealth Chief Executive Officer Rob Jay on Becker’s March list of Great Leaders in Healthcare, and five ScionHealth hospitals making this month’s list of 100 Great Community Hospitals.
Below are all of ScionHealth’s Becker’s award recipients so far this year. Click on the link to each list and scroll through to read summaries of each recipient’s achievements.
- Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center (Hartsville, South Carolina). The only South Carolina hospital on the list.
- Logan Regional Medical Center (Logan, West Virginia). The only West Virginia hospital on the list.
- Southwestern Medical Center (Lawton, Oklahoma). The only Oklahoma hospital on the list.
- St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (Lewiston, Idaho). One of only two Idaho hospitals on the list.
- Watertown Regional Medical Center (Watertown, Wisconsin). One of only two Wisconsin hospitals on the list.
- Rob Jay, CEO, ScionHealth
HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SYSTEM CMOs TO KNOW
- Dr. Dean French, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President, ScionHealth
CHROs and CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICERS TO KNOW
- Michelle Rigby, CHRO, ScionHealth
- Angel Gradney, Market CEO, ScionHealth Specialty Hospitals of Houston
- Kathy Kelly, Market CEO, Kindred Hospitals of Chicago
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CEOs TO KNOW
- Ed Freysinger, CEO, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center
- John Whiteside, Market CEO, SageWest Health Care (Lander/Riverton, Wyoming)
CHIEF SECURITY OFFICERS TO KNOW
- Michael Dunning, Assistant Vice President, Public Safety and Emergency Management, ScionHealth