Nashville Technology Council

Ronald C. Marston, President and CEO of HCCA International

Mr. Marston has 30+ years in international healthcare and is known as an international authority on healthcare systems and trends worldwide.  Solid achievements in his leadership are demonstrated by the company’s growth and success during an almost three decades of economic and political change.  His belief is in the concept that each hospital is unique and the management team on site is the authority on the local market and mission of the facility.   Mr. Marston supports decentralized management while overseeing and advising the operation appropriately.  In essence he believes in the delegation of authority and accountability but not the abdication of the same.

Mr. Marston joined HCA International (now HCCA International), when the company international subsidiary of Hospital Corporation of America, in 1973 as Director of International Recruitment and relocated to London, England.  After establishing the office there he returned to Corporate Headquarters in 1974. He was promoted in January 1979 to Vice President, Finance and Administration and in July 1980 relocated again to London.   In late 1981, he was promoted to President, HCA International, Ltd. where he was responsible for all development and operations within Europe and the Middle East. In 1987, he assumed the duties as President and CEO of HCA International Company with responsibility for all development and operations internationally.  During this period of time, under Mr. Marston’s leadership, HCA International grew to include 10 hospitals and 7 nursing homes in the United Kingdom; 10 hospitals in Australia; Latin America included 5 hospitals and 55 clinics including Brazil’s largest HMO with 750,000 subscribers, a 150 bed private hospital in Panama; a management contract for the restructuring of the 1650 bed Singapore General Hospital; a commissioning and management contract for the King Fahad National Guard Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, (the first non-US Military hospital to be JCAH accredited outside the United States);  and the longest standing recruitment contract in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  Hospital Corporation of America sold the international company to several buyers in 1989 after they elected to go private.

Mr. Marston’s previous experience was with Vanderbilt University and Medical Center where he was the Director of Employment and Recruitment and Deputy Director of Human Resources.

Prior to joining Vanderbilt, he was responsible for the training and administration of the 400 bed Twelfth Evacuation Hospital located in Cu Chi, Republic of Vietnam.

Mr. Marston holds a Bachelors Degree from Tennessee Technological University; a Certificate in Healthcare Administration from the Academy of Health Service; and a Ph.D. in Management from California Western University. Mr. Marston is an Accredited Executive in Personnel; a member of the American Society for Personnel Administration, the Employment Management Assoc., the American Compensation Assoc., the American Management Assoc., the Institute of Directors, Omicron Delta Kappa Foundation, and the Society of International Business Fellows.  He has served as a Lecturer at the Academy of Health Sciences and the American College of Healthcare Executives.  Mr. Marston has served as a consultant for various organizations and the U.S. Government.