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Cape Fear Valley Health announces leadership changes

By Staff Report, posted 2 years ago
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Michael Tart
Stephen Fife

Cape Fear Valley Health recently announced three new changes to their leadership team. Chris Tart, PharmD, of Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, was selected as the new President of Hoke Hospital in August. News of Chris Tart’s move was followed by the announcement of Michael Tart (no relation) taking over as President of Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, and Stephen Fife taking over as Vice President of Ambulatory Services for the health system.

Before this change, Chris Tart was President of Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, Michael Tart was Vice President of Ambulatory Services at Cape Fear Valley Health and Stephen Fife was previously President of Bladen County Hospital.

Chris Tart has been with Cape Fear Valley Health for 18 years and during this tenure has held many leadership roles, including Vice President of Professional Services, managing Pharmacy, Radiology and Pathology Services and the Cancer Center. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy with Distinction (PharmD) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He maintains his administrative responsibilities for Pharmacy Services and the Cancer Center.

Michael Tart began his new position in September. He has been with Cape Fear Valley Health for nine years, and during this time has held several leadership roles including Executive Director of Cape Fear Valley Medical Group and Director of Finance for Ambulatory Services. A native of southeastern North Carolina, he attended East Carolina University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree and his master’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Health Care Administration. As he assumes this new role, he will remain administratively responsible for the Fayetteville Ambulatory Surgery Center and Cape Fear Valley ExpressCare locations.

Stephen Fife joined Cape Fear Valley Health at Bladen County Hospital in December 2014 as the manager of the finance department and was promoted to Director of Finance in 2016. Fife assumed the role of President & CFO of Bladen Healthcare in 2019. He is a graduate of UNC-Wilmington Cameron School of Business with a bachelor's degree in Accounting and a master's degree in Business Administration from East Carolina University.

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