Sarasota Doctors Hospital names new chief medical officer

HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital has named a new chief medical officer. Dr. Paul Chupka will oversee the medical and clinical operations for the 155-bed private health care facility on Bee Ridge Road.

Chupka comes to Sarasota from HCA Florida Englewood Hospital, where he has been the chief medical officer since 2018, according to a statement. In Englewood, he helped lead initiatives related to quality, patient safety, infection control, medical staff credentialing and risk management.

Before working for HCA Florida, Chupka served as chief hospitalist and chief of staff for Tidewater Integrated Medical Specialists at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital in Virginia.

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He received his doctorate from the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa; began his internship in internal medicine at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in Texas; and completed his internal medicine training at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Georgia, according to the statement. While serving in the U.S. Army, he served as chief of medicine at Heidelberg Army Community Hospital.

Chupka is the latest c-suite hire at HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital to come from Englewood. In October, the CEO of HCA Florida Englewood Hospital was promoted to CEO of HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital after longtime leader Robert Meade retired.