President and CEO
Northeast Georgia Health System
Matt Hanley, MD, a proven healthcare leader whose 20+ year career includes first-hand experience from the bedside to the boardroom, took the reins from longtime Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) CEO Carol Burrell in April. He now has oversight of NGHS’ five hospitals – with more than 1,000 total beds and more than 1,500 medical staff members representing more than 60 specialties – and one of the state’s largest employed physician enterprises.
Hanley started his career as an emergency medicine physician at Centra Health in Lynchburg, Virginia. He progressed through several clinical leadership positions with Centra Health and later Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina, eventually becoming Atrium’s chief medical officer. Hanley later served as chief clinical officer for SSM Health – and interim president of that system’s Wisconsin market – as well as Market President for Navvis Healthcare, a value-based care transformation company.
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