August 10, 2024

Lee’s Summit Medical Center—part of HCA Midwest Health, Kansas City’s leading healthcare provider—announced that Josh Gill has been appointed Chief Operating Officer. Gill will assume his new role on Aug. 1, 2024.

Since March 2022, Gill served as Vice President of Operations at HCA Healthcare’s StoneSprings Hospital Center in Dulles, Virginia, overseeing critical areas of the facility. Gill helped lead a 35% growth in surgical services and led major construction projects, including two operating rooms, labor and delivery unit renovations and various medical office building expansions. Gill also served as the hospital’s Ethics and Compliance Officer and built a robust EOC program. A champion of service line development throughout the facility, Gill led initiatives that successfully improved patient experience and increased employee engagement and physician engagement scores.

Before his role at StoneSprings, Gill started his career at HCA Healthcare at Reston Hospital Center in Reston, Virginia, as an Administrative Resident through HCA Healthcare’s Executive Residency Program and then as Assistant Administrator. During his 2.5 years at Reston Hospital Center, Gill led the development of campus expansion projects, including a $16 million inpatient renovation, a $10 million inpatient rehab expansion and operational improvements.

“Josh brings a wealth of experience and a proven track record of operational excellence to Lee’s Summit Medical Center,” said CEO Gabe Clements. “His expertise and achievements in advancing significant hospital expansions and key services growth will help build on our culture of high-quality, accessible healthcare and enhance patient care. Josh’s strategic vision and collaborative leadership will benefit our team and the community.”

“I am honored to join the exceptional Lee’s Summit Medical Center team of healthcare professionals, caregivers and physicians and look forward to working together as we continue the hospital’s mission of delivering top-tier healthcare to the communities we serve,” Gill said. “I’m passionate about safe, effective, high-quality, compassionate patient-centered care and am eager to promote Lee’s Summit Medical Center’s values as the community’s trusted healthcare partner.”

Gill earned a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, and a master’s in healthcare administration from the University of North Carolina. He is currently part of HCA Healthcare’s Executive Development Program.