Starr Named Head of EHH in Sewanee

Candie Starr has been named the chief operating officer and ethics and compliance officer at Southern Tennessee Regional Health System in Winchester and Sewanee. She joined Southern Tennessee in September 2014. Starr has responsibilities for all ancillary and support departments at the Winchester campus, and is the administrator at the Sewanee campus. 

Prior to joining Southern Tennessee, she served as the chief operating officer and ethics and compliance officer for Methodist Stone Oak Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. She has also served as a Lifepoint Hospital corporate director, with responsibilities in several areas, and has held hospital management roles in areas including laboratory, pharmacy, plant operations, food service, respiratory therapy, occupational health and corporate health/wellness. 

Starr’s qualifications also extend into other parts in the healthcare and community arena. In addition to serving on various clinical boards for Healthtrust Purchasing Group and Lifepoint Hospital committees, she was previously appointed to the Joint Commission for the Laboratory and Pathology Advisory Board. In the community, she has served as chairperson for the Gulf Coast Community Blood Bank, chairperson for the United Way, a member of the Life South Community Blood Center Advisory Board, and board member of the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce.