St. Mary's Health Care System appoints Chief Medical Officer

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Athens, Ga. – Dr. Eric J. Schuck, a physician executive with more than 25 years of progressive experience in healthcare leadership, has been named Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for St. Mary’s Health Care System, a regional health ministry of Trinity Health.

The announcement was made recently by Stonish Pierce, President and CEO of Trinity Health of Georgia, which includes St. Mary’s three hospitals, medical group, the region’s first medical residency program, one of the state’s pioneering home health care/hospice services, a retirement community, extensive outpatient services and other facilities and service lines across Northeast Georgia.

Dr. Schuck comes to St. Mary’s from HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital and HCA Florida Twin Cities Hospital, where he served as CMO. Prior to his service with these two hospitals, he held CMO roles at HCA Florida West Hospital and in HCA Healthcare’s TriStar Division. He also served as the site medical director for pediatrics/emergency services at multiple facilities, including HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, HCA Florida Capital Hospital and HCA Florida West Hospital.

Previously, Dr. Schuck led successful physician and urgent care practices and worked as a clinical instructor in pediatric emergency medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital Saint Raphael in New Haven, Conn.

Joining St. Mary’s brings him back to Georgia. He graduated with honors from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, where he studied as an Air Force Health Professions Scholarship recipient. He then successfully completed a residency in pediatrics at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base/Dayton Children’s Hospital in Dayton, Ohio, before serving nearly 10 years in the United States Air Force.

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