Robert (Bob) Bigley
1970 started my career in healthcare as a nursing assistant and OJT in Respiratory
Therapy
1976 became Registered Respiratory Therapist. Spent the next several years as a staff
therapist, supervisor, department director and owner of a DME/Home Healthcare
company
1983 moved into administration as an assistant administrator in Fort Worth, TX
1987 became Associate Executive director at Methodist Medical Center Dallas
1993 – 2002 CEO for HCA and a County hospital in Alabama
2002 joined HMA
COO, Central Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson Mississippi
CEO, Harton Regional Medical Center, Tullahoma, TN
CEO, East Georgia Regional Medical Center, Statesboro, GA (since 2005)
Education
1975 Associate Degree in Respiratory Therapy, SPJC, Clearwater, FL
1980 BS Business, USC, Columbia, SC
1989 MHA, TWU, Dallas, TX
Summary: 44 years in healthcare, 31 years healthcare administration experience
including 21 years as CEO.