Chief medical officer position filled at 383-bed hospital

The new team member has played a role in physician development and patient safety.

By Business Observer Staff
| 9:42 a.m. December 20, 2021
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Courtesy. Dr. R. Lee Biggs is the new chief medical officer at Blake Medical Center in Bradenton.

Manatee-Sarasota

BRADENTON — Earlier this month, the Bradenton-based Blake Medical Center welcomed a new addition to the hospital in the form of a chief medical officer.

The hospital added Dr. R. Lee Biggs to the team, who was most recently the chief medical officer at Trident Health in Charleston, South Carolina. Before that, Biggs was the chief medical officer for the HCA Healthcare’s Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho, according to a statement.