Administrator to Know: Ginger White of Rockwall Surgery Center

Ginger White, RN, BSN, MSHA, CASC (Rockwall Surgery Center, Rockwall, Texas). Ms. White is the administrator of the Rockwall (Texas) Surgery Center, which opened in Sept. 2004. The center has three operating rooms and one procedure room, and physicians at the center perform around 2,900 cases annually.

Ms. White has been at Rockwall for three years. Prior to coming to the center, she served in a variety of roles at hospitals, starting as an OR tech before moving into management and serving as the director of outpatient services for small and large hospitals. She later became assistant director of nursing for a 555-bed hospital before becoming the director of physician services, including physician recruitment, for the hospital. Ms. White also served as administrator of the children's hospital, located within the facility.

Ms. White has used her hospital experience to help her to institute cost-saving measures at her center in order to increase profits. She also developed new programs to sustain the organization through developing a team to provide quality care. She enjoys working the physicians and staff members she works with on a daily basis and who were critical in making these initiatives successful.

When it comes to her role as administrator, Ms. White says, "I enjoy the challenge [of overseeing operations at the center], mixed with the creativity [needed] to integrate processes and programs with staff, physicians and patient care."

Ms. White see continued for success for her center. "The future of the center looks very good as the physicians truly support the center and are active in adding new services," she says.

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