DAVID L. RAMSEY
President and CEO
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System Inc.
501 Morris Street
Charleston, WV 25301
www.camcare.com

David L. Ramsey is president and chief executive officer of Charleston Area Medical Center, a not-for-profit, 887-bed regional tertiary referral hospital in West Virginia's capital city. He also is president and CEO of CAMC's parent corporation, Charleston Area Medical Center Health System, Inc., which includes Braxton County Memorial Hospital, the CAMC Foundation, the CAMC Health Education and Research Institute, and Integrated Health Care Providers, Inc.

Ramsey joined CAMC in September 2000 from Methodist Healthcare-Memphis Hospitals, where he was president of a five-hospital regional system. He previously served as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals under Gov. Buddy Roemer; executive vice president and chief operating officer of the 405-bed Baton Rouge General Medical Center; and senior vice president of General Health, Inc. Prior to moving to Baton Rouge, he was administrator of Montgomery County Medical Center, a 182-bed hospital in Conroe, Texas; and assistant vice president of 1200-bed Methodist Hospital in Houston.

Born in Ohio and raised in Missouri, Ramsey holds a master's degree in health care administration and planning from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and a bachelor of arts degree in biology from the University of Missouri at St. Louis.

He is active in a number of civic and professional organizations, including the West Virginia Hospital Association, the American College of Healthcare Executives, and the American Hospital Association.