Posted on May 20, 2004 at 3:55 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — David Hoidal, chief operating officer of the UAB Health System, has been named interim chief executive officer, announced Carol Garrison, UAB president and chair of the health system board.

“As a result of his four years at UAB, and his many years of experience in health care management, David Hoidal is very well suited to lead our management team,” Garrison said. “He, along with our entire clinical and administrative leadership team, combine to form a strong group that will continue to move our health system forward.”

Dr. Anton Bueschen, president of the Health Services Foundation, UAB’s faculty practice plan, said that “David Hoidal has done an excellent job in this capacity; he is very effective and popular with the medical staff and he is well-prepared for this interim role.”

Hoidal joined UAB in 2000 as executive director of The Kirklin Clinic and president of the Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital at UAB. In 2002 he was named chief operating officer for clinical programs for the health system. Prior to joining UAB, Hoidal served as senior vice president and COO of Tulane University Hospital and Clinic for three years. Before that he was CEO of HCA DePaul Hospital in New Orleans for eight years, and with HCA Peninsula Hospital in Hampton, Va., for eight years, serving as CEO for four.

Hoidal earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Nebraska and his master’s degree in health administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

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