Meadowview Regional Medical Center officials are in
the process of finding solutions for its cardiology and oncology
patients, as well as searching once more for a chief executive
officer to lead the facility.
Robert Parker, interim CEO said he takes over from
Brad Morse, who was appointed CEO as of May 30 and whose
resignation was effective Monday, July 25. Parker said he couldn’t
comment on when Morse turned in his resignation.
The following was released Tuesday by Meadowview’s
administrative office.
“Brad Morse has left the position of CEO of Meadowview
Regional Medical Center.  Effective immediately, Robert Parker
will serve as interim CEO of MRMC until a permanent replacement can
be named. Parker, COO of Lake Cumberland Regional Medical Center
in Somerset, Kentucky, is a seasoned hospital administrator with
more than seven years of  hospital experience and 16 years of
manufacturing leadership prior to that. We are confident that we
will find the right person to fill the top leadership post on a
permanent basis.”
With Tuesday as his first day on the job, Parker said
there is a meeting scheduled Thursday to address the hospital’s
need for a cardiologist. MRMC purchased Ohio Valley Heart in March
2010. Since that time, Dr. Matthew Shotwell left Ohio Valley Heart
in May 2010, and Dr. Raghuraman Srinivasan notified MRMC of his
decision to resign from Ohio Valley Heart at the beginning of June.
His resignation is effective Sept. 1.
Parker said the meeting may also yield a solution to
changes with the oncology specialty clinic at MRMC. Currently,
Oncology Hematology Care Inc., of Cincinnati provides chemotherapy
treatments at the speciality clinic. Patients are seen on Monday
and Friday.
Parker said he has had communication the group is
pulling out as of Aug. 29, but he hasn’t had the chance to confirm
the information with Oncology Hematology Care officials.
Parker said MRMC would be working on the oncology
situation “immediately.”
“We are heavily engaged on working out a plan for the
community,” he said. “We don’t want our patients having to
travel.”
Larry Schlomer, chairman of the MRMC Board of Trustees
said Tuesday he wanted to assure the community the board would move
forward with its goal of making MRMC a regional hospital and that
heavy physician recruitment will continue, aside from the recent
administrative changes.
