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title: "HCA Summerville Hospital names Maury Baker CEO after return from Trident COO post"
description: "Maury Baker has been named CEO of HCA Healthcare Summerville Hospital in Charleston, S.C., returning to a facility where he previously served as COO from December 2022 through October 2024, according to an Aug. 3 hospital news release shared with Becker's Hospital Review."
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byline: The Desk · AI-assisted
date_published: 2026-08-07T03:58:11.891Z
date_label: August 7, 2026
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# HCA Summerville Hospital names Maury Baker CEO after return from Trident COO post

*[Maury Baker](https://app.clinicalterminal.com/person/100043716) has been named CEO of HCA Healthcare Summerville Hospital in Charleston, S.C., returning to a facility where he previously served as COO from December 2022 through October 2024, according to an Aug. 3 hospital news release shared with Becker's Hospital Review.*

Baker joined Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare in 2019 and most recently served as COO of HCA Healthcare Trident Hospital in North Charleston, S.C. He assumes the CEO role as Summerville Hospital continues a multiyear expansion effort.

Over the past decade, the hospital has invested more than $300 million in facility and service expansions, including a $67 million inpatient tower expansion that increased licensed beds by 40% to 174 private beds, a $24 million emergency department expansion, and a freestanding emergency department scheduled to open in spring 2027.

## Sources

- [Becker's Hospital Review](https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-executive-moves/hca-south-carolina-hospital-names-ceo-2/)

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