Craig Walker, MHA

CEO

As Chief Executive Officer of Chester Regional Medical Center, Walker leads the hospital’s operations, business development, physician recruitment efforts, strategic planning, and quality initiatives. 

Prior to joining Chester Regional Medical Center, Walker served as Interim CEO for Livingston Medical Center and VP of Business Development for Memorial Health System of East Texas.  Walker served as Assistant Vice President and Associate Administrator of Tenet HealthCare Corporation’s Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center in Houston.

Walker obtained his Masters in Health Administration from Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas, where he defended his thesis on socio-economic correlations and acanthosis nigricans prevalence in children.  Walker did his undergraduate studies at Millsaps College in Jackson, MS.  Additionally, Walker was an Associate in the 2005 Class of Tenet’s Leadership Development Program.