Mississippi native Charles D. “Chuck” Stokes joined North Mississippi Medical Center-Tupelo as president July 11, 2005. During that time, he has refined the service line organizational structure in an effort to reach higher levels of quality, efficiency and partnerships with the medical staff and community.
Stokes served as executive vice president/chief operations officer of Huntsville Hospital in Alabama from 1999 to 2005.  He brings more than 20 years of executive level leadership in hospital operations, strategic planning, executive development, physician relations and quality improvement. 
 It is his belief that patient satisfaction is driven by committed employees who are engaged in their work and professions.
He began his health career in 1978 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and has served in key administrative positions at Charity Hospital of New Orleans; St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Texas Heart Institute and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston, Texas; Schumpert Medical Center in Shreveport, La.; and St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, Ark.
He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and also serves as Faculty for National ACHE Leadership Development Programs.
A 1971 graduate of Yazoo City High School, Stokes earned a bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson in 1977.  In 1983 he completed a master’s degree in hospital and health administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

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