Greg Cook Named CEO of Community Medical Center

Missoula, MT (November 4, 2024) - Community Medical Center announced today that Greg Cook has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective November 25. He joins Community Medical Center from Castleview Hospital, a Lifepoint facility in Utah, where he has served as CEO since 2018.

"We are pleased to share that Greg will be leading our Community Medical Center team," said Jen Alderfer, president of Lifepoint Health's Western Division, of which Castleview and Community hospitals are a part. "Greg is a proven leader whose strategic thinking, team building, community engagement and commitment to quality and patient safety will serve our team in Missoula well."

Prior to serving as CEO at Castleview, Cook served as the hospital's chief financial officer. A seasoned administrator with more than twenty years of experience, Greg has also held leadership roles at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah and Lifepoint hospitals in Kentucky. Greg holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree from Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah and is a Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS).

"We are excited to welcome Greg to the Missoula community and look forward to working with him to continue to drive the positive momentum we have seen at Community Medical Center as we expand the ways we serve this region," said Sandy Shepherd, MD, family medicine & obstetrics physician and board chair for Community Medical Center. "Greg's relentless focus on patient experience and quality care outcomes, as well as employee and community engagement, make him the right leader to guide Community into our next chapter."

"I am honored to join the team at Community Medical Center and the Missoula community," said Cook. "I know this is a high-performing and talented team that is consistently raising the bar as they deliver quality care to patients, and I look forward to partnering with them as we work together to advance our mission of making communities healthier."

About Community Medical Center

Community Medical Center is a health system comprising adult and pediatric health care delivery systems. It is located in Missoula, Montana and is part of Lifepoint Health and Billings Clinic. Community Medical Center is proud to be the only hospital in Montana to earn The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification in Perinatal Care, Western Montana's only Chest Pain Accreditation, and the Cancer Center is accredited by the Commission on Cancer for advanced clinical care, scientific research and technological inventions. For more information about Community Medical Center, please call (406) 728-4100 or visit CommunityMed.org. For more information about Lifepoint Health, visit LifepointHealth.net.