Frank Thomas has been named chief executive officer of Citizens Baptist Medical Center. He most recently served as Interim CEO and Chief Operating Officer at Shelby Baptist Medical Center.

Thomas began his career with the Baptist Health System in 1990 and later joined Siemens in Birmingham as a Senior Project Manager where he was responsible for the management of multiple information technology groups in a large healthcare environment before being promoted to Site Executive.

Thomas rejoined the Baptist Health System in 2005 as Clinical Director of IT before joining Citizens Baptist Medical Center several years later as Director of Operations/IT and subsequently Executive Director of Support Services. In 2013, he was named Associate Administrator of Shelby Baptist Medical Center.

Thomas holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Laboratory Technology from Auburn University and a MBA from the University of Alabama.