HJAR Mar/Apr 2022

DIALOGUE Troy Wells is the president and CEO of Baptist Health, the largest healthcare system in Arkansas, comprising 11 hospitals, a large integrated physician enterprise, a retirement village and long- term care facility, statewide home health and hospice agencies, a joint venture health maintenance organization, and multiple for-profit subsidiaries. Wells assumed the role of CEO in June 2014, becoming only the third person to hold this title since World War II. Wells joined Baptist Health in 2006 and since that time held many roles including vice president of clinical services, vice president of Practice Plus, CEO of Arkansas Health Group, and senior vice president of administrative services. Prior to joining Baptist Health, Wells was the chief operating officer of Newport Hospital & Clinic in Newport, Arkansas. Wells earned a bachelor’s degree in microbiology from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and a master’s degree in health services administration from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Wells is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, the Arkansas Executives Forum, Young Presidents Organization, and Fifty for the Future. He serves as a director on multiple boards including Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, on which he currently serves as chair, Parkway Village, Inc., the American Hospital Association Healthcare Systems Council, the alumni chapter of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, Healthy Active Arkansas, and the Downtown Rotary Club of Little Rock. Troy is married to Mary Cole Wells, and they reside with their two children, Catherine and Charles, in Little Rock. He is a member of Calvary Baptist Church. ONE on ONE TROY WELLS PRESIDENT AND CEO, BAPTIST HEALTH 8 MAR / APR 2022 I  HEALTHCARE JOURNAL OF ARKANSAS