Baptist Health Selects Interim President

Chris Roty, current president of Baptist Health La Grange, has been named interim president of Baptist Health Paducah, succeeding William A. Brown.

“Chris Roty is an outstanding leader, with a strong history of community involvement, physician engagement and recognitions for the hospitals he has served, and a breadth of knowledge from service development to technological solutions,” said Diane Dalton Evans, Baptist Health Paducah Board chair. “His knowledge and experience will be an asset to Baptist Health Paducah, which offers many of the same services he has led in the past.”

The 53-year-old has served as Baptist Health La Grange president since 2011. During his time there, the hospital was named a Certified Stroke Center by The Joint Commission and earned Pathway to Excellence® designation recognizing a positive work environment where nurses can excel. The hospital also assumed management of the Oldham County Emergency Medical Services. Hospital expansions have included addition of an infusion center for oncology patients in the Greater Louisville area, an enhanced surgery and cardiology program, and opening of the newly renovated George & Beverly Rawlings Women’s Center.

Roty began his career with Baptist Health in 1994 as an assistant vice president for Baptist Hospital East (now known as Baptist Health Louisville) and was named a vice president in 1996.

In addition, Roty continued in his vice president role at Baptist Health Louisville with a focus on the growth and expansion of cardiovascular services, a program earned national recognition.    
 
Roty earned a master’s degree in hospital and health administration from Xavier University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Albion College in Albion, Michigan. He began his career at Macomb Hospital Center in Warren, Michigan in 1989 as an administrative resident and was named an administrative fellow in 1990. He then served as an assistant administrator from 1991 to 1993.
 
Roty begins the new position on Monday, Aug. 28. The search for a permanent successor at Baptist Health Paducah starts immediately.