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5 unusual facts about Hospital Corporation of America


Centennial Sportsplex

The land for the Sportsplex was acquired by Metro Parks from Hospital Corporation of America in a 1987 land swap.

Harold Tafler Shapiro

He also sits on the boards of a number of prominent nonprofit ventures, including HCA (founded by the Frist family, which donated the Frist Campus Center to Princeton), the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Hospital Corporation of America

The Princess Grace Hospital specializes in breast cancer and surgery, aided by Professor Kefah Mokbel and Dr. Nick Perry who, in 2005, founded The London Breast Institute.

In April 1998, Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation announced it was acquiring the majority of HCA's surgical division.

Kefah Mokbel

Kefah Mokbel is currently the Lead Surgeon at The London Breast Institute of The Princess Grace Hospital, an honorary Consultant Breast Surgeon at St George's Hospital, Professor of Breast Cancer Surgery (The Brunel Institute of Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics), President of Breast Cancer Hope, and Chair of The Breast Tumour Board, Hospital Corporation of America.


Andrea Conte

Following their marriage, she obtained a job with Hospital Corporation of America in Nashville, TN, and the couple moved to Tennessee in 1975.

Belle Meade, Tennessee

Belle Meade residents include former Vice President and 2000 Presidential Candidate Al Gore, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, and Thomas F. Frist, Jr., the co-founder and former CEO of the Hospital Corporation of America.

Denton Regional Medical Center

Denton Regional Medical Center, or Denton Regional, is a full-service hospital operated by Hospital Corporation of America and is located at 3535 South Interstate 35, southeast of downtown Denton, Texas.

Joe M. Rodgers

Having been given a ticket and a house share for the 1968 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club, Rodgers ended up sharing a home with Thomas Frist, a doctor from Nashville, Tennessee who had just started a private hospital company called Hospital Corporation of America.

Maury Regional Medical Center

Maury Regional Medical Center, Williamson Medical Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center each filed a joint complaint with the state which after several appeals resulted in HCA abandoning plans to pursue a facility in Spring Hill.


see also

Rose Medical Center

Rose Medical Center is a part of HealthOne Colorado, which is a 50/50 joint venture owned by HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) and The Colorado Health Foundation, a Colorado non-profit organization.

Thomas F. Frist, Jr.

In 1968, he co-founded the Hospital Corporation of America with his father, Thomas F. Frist, Sr., and Jack C. Massey.