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Russell F. Cox joined Norton Healthcare in September 2000 as vice president of support services and was appointed senior vice president, operations and development, in October 2002; executive vice president in September 2004; and executive vice president & chief operating officer in September 2005. He currently has direct executive oversight for hospital/regional market operations, service line functions, systemwide medical affairs and nursing operations, clinical quality, foundations/philanthropy and marketing/communications. Cox has shared executive oversight responsibility for other major functions within Norton Healthcare, including finance, legal, information systems, human resources/organizational development, Norton Healthcare’s Old Brownsboro Crossing development, Norton Ventures, and mission and outreach. He has been active in the community by serving on various non-profit/volunteer boards, and currently serves on the Downtown Development Corporation Board and Executive Committee, and the Leadership Louisville Foundation Board and Executive Committee.
Cox has more than 20 years’ executive experience in health care. Before joining Norton Healthcare, he spent six years as executive director of resource operations at Caritas Health Services in Louisville . Before that, he worked for Humana Inc., Galen Healthcare and Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation in various executive roles, including human resources, development and acquisitions, and operations support. Cox, a lifelong resident of Louisville , is a graduate of Vanderbilt University ’s Owen School of Management executive program and received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Louisville. | 