Mike Neuendorf has been named chief executive officer of Princeton Baptist Medical Center. Neuendorf joins Tenet Healthcare from Community Health Systems, having served as CEO of Merit Health Wesley Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for the past eight years.

Neuendorf's tenure in the healthcare industry spans more than 20 years. A member of the Alabama and Georgia Army National Guard for more than a decade, he served as a Senior Management Consultant for the Veterans Health Administration for Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Thereafter, he worked for Ascension Health as Director of Internal Consulting at St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham before joining Community Health Systems as Chief Executive Officer of the South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in Foley.

According to Keith Parrott, CEO, Brookwood Baptist Health, "Mike's healthcare experience - coupled with his military background - provide him with innate leadership skills that will be of significant value in the role of CEO. I am pleased to welcome Mike."