St. Mary’s Health Care Names New President

By Charles Robertson, WLHR Radio, Lavonia

St. Mary’s Health Care System names a new President.

Late last week, St. Mary’s Health Care announced that Montez Carter, President of St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital and Vice President of Operations for St. Mary’s Health Care System, has now been named President of St. Mary’s Hospital.

Carter, who grew up in Mississippi and worked in pharmacy before transitioning into hospital leadership, has been with St. Mary’s since October of 2010 as Vice President of Operations, he will now oversee operations and strategy execution for St. Mary’s Hospital.
Carter was quoted in a press release as saying that he is excited about this new opportunity and looks forward to working with everyone at the hospital in this new role.

He said these are challenging times in the healthcare industry, but added that St. Mary’s is well positioned to continue to expand the services it offers the community and elevate its already high level of quality and safety even further.