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Joe Rudisill joined Mission Hospital as the Chief Operating Officer in December 2019. He has more than a decade of experience in healthcare operations, and has been with HCA Healthcare since January 2014.

Before joining Mission, Joe served as COO and Ethics & Compliance Officer for nearly three years at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson, Florida. Bayonet Point is a 290-bed, level II trauma center providing tertiary care services for Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties. During his tenure at Bayonet Point, he led the hospital to become the region’s only comprehensive stroke center, started its neuro interventional program, helped launch TAVR, led many service line growth initiatives, and guided successful operations and quality outcomes in both the ER and OR. Joe also oversaw several capital projects, including a major OR renovation, installation of both a Biplane and Hybrid Cath Lab, and several hospital renovations projects, as well as developed the campus master plan, which included an ER expansion and new patient bed tower. Joe was also instrumental in helping improve both patient experience and employee engagement.

Prior to his time at Bayonet Point, Joe was the Associate COO at Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, for over three years. Henrico Doctors’ consists of three campuses with 767 beds, two freestanding emergency departments, level II trauma center, level III NICU, kidney transplant program, and offering other complex services and programs. Before joining HCA, Joe was the Director of Operations at Virginia Urology, which comprised of over 40 physicians, eight offices and two surgery centers across central Virginia. He also spent six years in progressive leadership roles at Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital, a 391-bed tertiary care hospital in Richmond, Virginia.

Joe received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Health Administration from Virginia Commonwealth University. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Joe was born and raised in Hickory, North Carolina. He is married to Liz, and they have two sons.