(SALINAS, CA) - The Monterey County Board of Supervisors and Natividad Medical Center Board of Trustees are pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Charles “Chad” Harris as Natividad’s Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Harris has been serving as the hospital’s interim CEO since June 2021 and will begin his new duties immediately. Dr. Harris has been with Natividad since 2011, beginning his career at the hospital as a Family Medicine Staff Physician and moving through the ranks to Chief of Staff and most recently, the hospital’s Chief Medical Officer – Quality Assurance, a position responsible for the Quality, Patient Experience, Infection Prevention, Clinical IT, IT Applications, and Health Information Management departments. “We are so fortunate to have Dr. Chad Harris as the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of Natividad Medical Center,” says Monterey County Supervisor and Chair of the Board Mary Adams. “Dr. Harris’ previous tenure as the Chief Medical Officer-Quality Assurance at Natividad provides him the opportunity to build on the successes of Natividad in which he played an integral part. His open and warm demeanor will raise the spirits of all who come in
contact with him.” Dr. Harris graduated from the University of Richmond with a B.A. in History. He attended medical school at the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia, and completed his family medicine internship and residency at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, California. Before joining Natividad, Dr. Harris served as a physician at an FQHC and emergency departments in Chicago and at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center. He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Board of Preventive Medicine in Clinical Informatics. “Our mission, our commitment to excellence and the Natividad family make Natividad a very special place,” says Dr. Harris about his time at Natividad. “I am humbled and honored to serve our patients, staff and the Monterey County community and look forward to leading Natividad to new heights in health care well into the future.”
“We are ecstatic about the appointment of Dr. Chad Harris as CEO at Natividad. Dr. Harris brings to us his valued decade of experience as a Natividad hospital administrator, together with his medical background," says Fernando Elizondo, EdD, Natividad Board of Trustees Chair. "His forward-thinking and leadership were and continue to be extraordinary in every manner in dealing with addressing and limiting the pandemic. We look forward to his visionary leadership in the years ahead."
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About Natividad
Natividad Medical Center is a hospital and trauma center providing compassionate, high-quality health
care to everyone, regardless of ability to pay. Located in Salinas, Calif., Natividad is a public health care
system offering a wide range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency, diagnostic and specialty medical care
for adults and children. Founded in 1886, the 172-bed medical center has more than 10,000 admissions
and 42,000 emergency visits annually. Home to the area's only Level II Trauma Center, the hospital's
specialized personnel, equipment and services provide a vital local community service that saves lives
and keeps patients close to home. Natividad's Baby-Friendly® facility delivers 2,200 babies every year
and is affiliated with UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. It also operates an accredited Level III Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit, giving the tiniest and most fragile babies — some as small as one pound — the best
chance for a healthy start. Through its UCSF-affiliated Natividad Family Medicine Residency, Natividad
is the only teaching hospital on the Central Coast. For more information, please call (831) 755-4111 or
visit www.natividad.com.
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