HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division has announced the appointment of Gary Searls as division chief financial officer of HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division.
Searls has been in hospital accounting and finance with HCA Healthcare’s West Florida Division since 1994. Since 2000, he served as chief financial officer at South Bay Hospital, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota and Northside Hospital in St. Petersburg.
In March 2017, Searls was named to his current role as chief financial officer for HCA Florida Brandon Hospital. During his tenure he contributed to several strategic facility expansions and the launch of a statutory teaching facility with eight programs.
A graduate of the University of Central Florida, Searls earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix in Tampa, FL. He currently serves as treasurer for Angels Foundation of Florida, a local non-profit organization helping families in the greater Brandon area during crisis.