MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 13, 2009 – Baptist Memorial hospitals recently hired or promoted several colleagues to manager or director positions.

• Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis recently named Mary Jane Robison supervisor of the pathology laboratory. Before joining Baptist, she was the supervisor of the microbiology laboratory at the Regional Medical Center.
• Baptist Memphis also named Beverly Cusano director of radiation oncology. She previously served as administrative director of radiation oncology for St. Vincent’s Health Care in Jacksonville, Fla.
• Karen Ingram is now the director of human resources for Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women. She previously held the same position at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville and spent 14 years as a human resources director in a Chattanooga non-profit organization.
• Baptist Home Care and Hospice-North Mississippi appointed Janet Crawford clinical manager of the hospice’s new office in Southaven. She has worked for Baptist Home Care for 14 years and has served as a case manager, health aid supervisor and nursing supervisor.
• Rosalee Thompson is now the director of quality at Baptist Women’s Hospital. She has been with Baptist for 32 years and previously served as the manager of staff development, intensive care unit nurse and critical care unit nurse at Baptist Women’s Hospital.
• Baptist Trinity Home Care and Hospice named Lolita Pickard administrative director. Prior to joining Baptist Trinity, Pickard served as a legal nurse consultant for a local law office and administrator for Home Health Care of West Tennessee.
• Georganne Gairhan is the new manager of staff development at Baptist Women’s Hospital. She previously served as the hospital’s staff development specialist and held the same position at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Medical Center.

One of the largest not-for-profit health care systems in the United States, Baptist Memorial Health Care offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South. The Baptist system, which consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the nation, comprises 15 hospitals in West Tennessee, North Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 3,100 affiliated physicians; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by the Baptist College of Health Sciences. Baptist has more than 2,600 licensed beds systemwide, employs more than 12,000 people and has approximately 85,000 admissions annually. In fiscal year 2008, Baptist provided more than $485 million in community benefit to the communities it serves.

For more information about Baptist, please visit www.baptistonline.org or call 800-4-BAPTIST.

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