University Medical Center CEO Saad Ehtisham has been appointed to represent the middle district of Tennessee on the Tennessee Hospital Association Board, according to a news release issued by UMC on Oct. 19, 2010.

The Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) was founded in 1938 and serves as an advocate for hospitals, health systems, home health agencies and other healthcare organizations as well as the patients they serve.

"I am honored to be selected by my peers to serve in this capacity. My commitment to healthcare delivery begins here at University Medical Center and serves the residents of Wilson County. I am pleased to also be able to contribute to Middle Tennessee and excited about this opportunity."

University Medical Center is a 245-bed, two-campus acute health care facility with over 250 physicians on staff. The hospital has approximately 800 full and part-time employees and is the sole provider of health care service in Wilson County. The hospital provides 24-hour emergency services, inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services along with intensive care and telemetry services. UMC's diagnostic imaging services include basic radiography, digital fluoroscopy, MRI, CT, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and mammography. The hospital's rehabilitation services include an inpatient rehabilitation unit as well as outpatient, physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapies. Specialties include: orthopaedics, cardiology, neurology, general surgery, psychiatry, ENT, urology and obstetrics/gynecology. UMC is proud to be owned and operated by Health Management Associates, Inc. of Naples, Florida.

In 2009, construction was completed on the $26 million, four-story patient tower that offers 60 new private patient rooms. The 77,000-square-foot facility provides state-of-the-art health care for Wilson County. The multi-specialty Surgery Center at UMC is the hospital's latest construction project to meet the needs of Wilson County ... the place to be. The center will begin welcoming patients in early 2011.

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Saad Ehtisham has been named Chief Executive Officer of University Medical Center (UMC), officials announced on Thursday, April 8, 2010.

Ehtisham most recently served as Senior Vice President Clinical Operations & Chief Nursing Officer of Via Christi Wichita Health Network, an 1,150-bed not-for-profit Catholic Health Care Network in Wichita, Kansas. Now entering his 20th year in healthcare service, he has also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer for Medical Center of Southern Indiana (Charlestown, Indiana), Chief Operating Officer for Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Somerset, Kentucky) and Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer for West Mesa Medical Center (Albuquerque, New Mexico).

"At UMC, I look forward to being part of a hospital with such a rich tradition and to working hand-in-hand with the talented physicians on the medical staff who have served this community for so many years," Ehtisham said. "We want University Medical Center to be the hospital that Lebanon and Wilson County deserve. I am very eager to begin working toward that goal and getting to know all of the citizens, leaders and organizations that will be our partners in that process."

Ehtisham holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Baylor University, where he received the Outstanding Young Alumni award. He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing, a Masters of Business Administration and Master of Healthcare Administration from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas.

Ehtisham's organizational affiliations include Governor-appointed member of the Kansas Advisory Committee on Trauma, appointed member of the Kansas Hospital Association Council on Health Delivery, appointed member of the Kansas Hospital Association Education Council, Work Force Alliance of South Central Kansas and Midwest Transplant Network Advisory Board. His extensive community involvement includes work with the Ronald McDonald House Charities, United Way, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary and Haven House (Shelter for Battered Women). He is an Honorary Commander 22nd Air Refueling Wing, McConnell Air Force Base, as well as a number of other local, regional and national organizations.

Ehtisham and his wife, Tracy, are relocating to Lebanon and look forward to becoming involved in the community.