By Aman Kidwai
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The University of South Alabama has named Natalie Fox the CEO of USA Health, the public university’s health system.
Former CEO Owen Bailey retired on August 1, with Fox serving as interim CEO since then. She held the role of chief physician enterprise officer before taking on interim CEO duties. Fox started at USA Health in 2011, previously serving as chief nursing officer as well.
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Founded in 1963, USA Health touts itself as “the only university health system along the upper Gulf Coast.” It employs more than 7,200 clinical and non-clinical staff including 180 academic physicians at the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama.
Fox is a three-time graduate of USA’s nursing program, holding DNP and PNP-BC designations. As the chief physician enterprise officer, she was responsible for managing a network of physicians that includes “more than 700 physicians, advanced practice providers, residents and fellows who care for patients in dozens of faculty and community physician practices.”
USA Health announced the acquisition of Providence Health in 2023, marking its latest growth.
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As chief nursing officer, Fox focused on "improving population health outreach and reducing barriers to patient access,” according to USA Health.
Fox also is credited with directing USA Health’s pandemic efforts around testing and vaccination in partnership with the City of Mobile, Alabama, receiving the Mobile Community Health Leadership Award and an Exceptional Citizenship Award from Mayor Sandy Stimpson in 2022.
Fox earned her bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in nursing at University of South Alabama, earning her doctorate in 2017. In 2023, she was appointed to a three-year term on the state’s Certificate of Need Review Board by Governor Kay Ivey. Fox is also USA President Jo Bonner’s designee on the board of the Alabama School of Healthcare Science.
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USA President Jo Bonner said in a statement: “Natalie is one of the best examples I know of a true servant leader… She will guide an exceptional academic healthcare team whose dedication to research, education and world-class medical care will continue improving lives in our community, the region and beyond.”
Fox said: “The University of South Alabama has shaped me, challenged me, and given me a mission larger than myself. I am deeply honored to serve as USA Health’s CEO for the opportunity to give back to the place that has given me so much.”
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