HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital has named Dr. Evgenia Genova Slavcheva as its new Chief Medical Officer, the hospital announced Sept. 30.
- Slavcheva is a board-certified internal medicine and pediatrics physician executive with more than 25 years of clinical and leadership experience. According to the hospital, she has a strong track record of advancing quality, patient safety, physician engagement and operational excellence.
“Dr. Slavcheva is an accomplished physician leader whose experience and collaborative approach will be a tremendous asset to our hospital and medical staff,” said KC Donahey, Chief Executive Officer of HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital.
Donahey said Slavcheva’s commitment to clinical excellence and to building strong partnerships with physicians aligns closely with the hospital’s mission to provide exceptional care to the communities it serves.
“We are excited to welcome her to our leadership team,” Donahey said.
Slavcheva joins the hospital from St. David’s HealthCare, where she served as Associate Chief Medical Officer of St. David’s Medical Center and Chief Medical Officer of St. David’s Georgetown Hospital. In those roles, she led strategic physician initiatives focused on clinical quality, patient safety, infection prevention, throughput, utilization review and medical staff governance.
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During her time with St. David’s HealthCare, Slavcheva helped drive reductions in complications and supported improvements in sepsis and stroke performance, according to the hospital. She also sustained physician engagement above the HCA Healthcare average for three consecutive years and played a role in strengthening medical staff governance, clinical accountability and collaboration between physicians and hospital leadership.
Before joining St. David’s HealthCare, Slavcheva served as Facility Medical Director for Hospital Medicine with TeamHealth. There, she built a high-performing hospital medicine team and achieved strong results in length of stay, infection prevention and patient experience. She was recognized as Best Facility Medical Director at the TeamHealth National Conference for her leadership and operational impact.
Slavcheva is a graduate of the HCA Healthcare Physician Leadership Academy and earned a Physician Executive MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management.
As Chief Medical Officer, Slavcheva will work closely with the hospital’s medical staff and leadership team to advance clinical excellence, strengthen the physician experience and support the hospital’s continued commitment to providing high-quality care to patients throughout Northwest Florida.
