Hospitals
10 HCA Healthcare operations leaders
These ten people hold chief operating officer and vice president of operations roles at HCA Healthcare, most of them at individual HCA hospitals. A reader can learn how operations leaders build and run their teams in hospital companies.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adrian Thompson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Operations · HCA Healthcare
Vice President of Operations at HCA Healthcare since February 2025, a role the profile places at Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, NH, in the Operations department at President/Vice President level. Adrian Thompson also held a Vice President of Operations role at HCA Healthcare from 2024 to 2025 and was Assistant Administrator there (2022–2023).
Brandon Cohen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · HCA Healthcare
Chief Operating Officer at HCA Healthcare since July 2026, after holding a Chief Operating Officer role there from 2024 to 2026; the profile describes the current role as Chief Operating Officer of St. David's North Austin Medical Center (465 beds) in the Central/West Texas Division. Brandon Cohen was also Associate Chief Operating Officer (2023–2024) and Vice President Operations (2022–2023) at HCA Healthcare.
Emily Mochan
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · HCA Healthcare
Chief Operating Officer at HCA Healthcare since July 2023, a role at Methodist Hospital Hill Country according to the profile. Emily Mochan was Vice President Operations at HCA Healthcare (2020–2023), which the profile places at HCA The Woman's Hospital of Texas, and Cardiovascular Service Line Administrator there (2015–2020).
Emily Trujillo
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · HCA Healthcare
Chief Operating Officer at HCA Healthcare since December 2023, a C-Level role at HCA HealthONE Centennial according to the profile. At HCA Healthcare Emily Trujillo was also Division Senior Vice President Business Development (2021–2023) and Continental Division Vice President, Orthopedics, Neurosciences & Spine at HCA Healthcare (2019–2021).
Justin Shiver, MBA, FACHE, FHFMA
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · HCA Healthcare
Chief Operating Officer at HCA Healthcare since September 2023, a C-Level General Management role according to the profile. Justin Shiver was Senior Director, Performance Improvement - Labor at HCA Healthcare (2015–2023), which the profile lists as a Director-level Operations role, and System Director, Staffing Resources at CHRISTUS Spohn Health System (2013–2014).
Mari Elliott, MBA, FACHE
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · HCA Healthcare
Chief Operating Officer at HCA Healthcare since July 2024, a role at HCA Florida Largo Hospital according to the profile. The profile describes oversight of day-to-day operations at HCA Florida Largo, a 455-bed statutory teaching hospital whose specialty services include advanced cardiac care.
Michael Cromika
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operations Officer · HCA Intensive Care Consortium
Chief Operations Officer at HCA Intensive Care Consortium since April 2023, a role the profile says covers operational oversight and management of 59 practices and over 600 clinicians; the profile also lists a current Chief Operating Officer role at HCA Healthcare. Michael Cromika was Director of Operations at HCA Intensive Care Consortium (2021–2023).
Michael Labrador
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer, Heart Hospital of Austin (St. David's Healthcare) · HCA Healthcare
Chief Operating Officer, Heart Hospital of Austin (St. David's Healthcare) at HCA Healthcare since November 2023. At HCA Healthcare Michael Labrador was also Vice President Operations, HCA Florida Englewood Hospital (2022–2023) and Assistant Administrator, LewisGale Medical Center (2021–2022).
Michelle Ruru
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer · HCA Healthcare
Chief Operating Officer at HCA Healthcare since July 2023; the profile describes the role as Chief Operating Officer at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Capital Division of HCA Healthcare. Michelle Ruru was Vice President Operations at HCA Healthcare (2021–2023) and Director of Ancillary Services there (2018–2021).
Whitney Staub-Juergens DNP-HSL, MSN, RN, NE-BC
LinkedInExperience: VP and Chief Operating Officer · HCA Healthcare
VP and Chief Operating Officer at HCA Healthcare since January 2026; the profile says the role is Chief Operating Officer for Digital Transformation & Innovation, focused on the operational discipline that helps innovation scale. At HCA Healthcare Whitney Staub-Juergens was also Vice President, Transformation Operations (2025) and Vice President, CT&I Clinical Operations and Integration (2022–2025).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a hospital COO inside a large system decide which operational changes to drive locally and which to take from the corporate playbook?
- 02What metrics does an operations leader review each week to keep patient flow and staffing on track?
- 03How are new service lines or care programs brought into an existing hospital without disrupting current operations?
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