Daniel Astleford, assistant chief operating officer and compliance officer for The Regional Health System of Acadiana in Lafeyette, La., will join Parkridge Medical Center next month as chief operating officer.
“I believe Daniel will be a valuable member of our leadership team, assisting in the development and implementation of Parkridge Medical Center’s strategic plan and guiding all Parkridge facilities to better serve the needs of our communities,” Darrell Moore, president and CEO of Parkridge Health System, said in a statement Monday.
Daniel AstlefordIn his previous role, Astleford provided executive oversight of imaging services, laboratory, cardiopulmonary, environmental services, food and nutritional services, outpatient rehabilitation services and centralized scheduling.
Astleford graduated summa cum laude in business administration, health services administration from the University of South Dakota Beacom School of Business in Vermillion, S.D., in 2007 before earning master’s degrees in both business administration and health administration from the University of Iowa. After joining HCA in 2010 as an administrative intern for the HCA Midwest Health System in Kansas City, Mo., he worked as an administrative resident and interim ethics and compliance officer as well as an assistant administrator for Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan. Astleford also served as vice president of operations for Lafayette Regional Health Center in Lexington, Mo., before moving to The Regional Health System of Acadiana.
Astleford begins his role as COO of Parkridge Medical Center on Nov. 16th.