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COTT RAYNES, MBA, MA, JOINED SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
HEALTH SYSTEM AS ITS PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER IN JANUARY 2022. RAISED IN WEST VIRGINIA,
RAYNES EARNED HIS BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION FROM WEST VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY, HIS MASTER’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A SPECIALIZATION IN HEALTH CARE
FROM WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY AND A MASTER’S DEGREE IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND COUNSELING FROM
MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY.
Prior to joining the Health System, he was president of Baptist Hospitals, Inc.
and executive vice president of Baptist Healthcare Corp in Pensacola. During his
tenure he led Northwest Florida and South Alabama’s largest health system, which
includes five hospitals and residency and fellowship programs in orthopaedics,
internal medicine, primary care, sports medicine, cardiology and anesthesia.
Raynes is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, has served
on many local boards of directors and held several volunteer roles in communities
where he has lived.
CINDY MORLEY Southeast Georgia
Health System operates two main
hospitals. Where are they located and
what is your service area? What other
healthcare services do you offer?
SCOTT RAYNES Our hospitals are in
Brunswick and St. Marys, Georgia.
We also operate two Senior Care Centers and employ a large multi-specialty physician group (Southeast
Georgia Physician Associates) of
nearly 200 providers. Our health system serves the region consisting of
Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn,
McIntosh, and Wayne counties.
MORLEY How long has SGHS been in
RAYNES Southeast Georgia Health
System has served the area since 1888.
MORLEY Can you talk about the
importance of the health system’s
involvement in the community outreach in your service area?
RAYNES SGHS takes pride in the
services we are honored and privileged to provide inside the walls
of our hospitals and other clinical
locations. We are equally proud and
excited to serve our communities
outside of the walls of our clinical
locations. We are actively involved
in health promotion and wellness
programs. Our team members are
operation?
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