Norvell V. Coots
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Norvell V. Coots in 2010
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| Died | (2024-06-12)June 12, 2024 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Employer | Holy Cross Health |
| Known for | physician, hospital administrator and retired military officer |
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| Website | www |
Norvell V. Coots was an American physician, hospital administrator and retired military officer.[2] Since August 1, 2016, he was president and CEO of Holy Cross Health, a Catholic, not-for-profit health system in Maryland that is part of Trinity Health.[3][4][5] As a medical officer in the United States Army, he served as Commanding General and CEO of Regional Health Command Europe, and Command Surgeon, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, and earlier as the final head of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Walter Reed Health Care System in Washington, D.C.[6] [7] He retired as a brigadier general.[8] He died June 12, 2024.[9][10]
He is a member of the board of directors of Quality of Life Plus. He was named to the 2019 list of Physician Leaders to Know compiled by Becker's Hospital Review.[11]
His father, W. Norvell Coots, was also a doctor.[12][13][1][14]
Coots graduated from Regents College of the University of the State of New York (now Excelsior University).
A prominent black doctor, Norvell Coots, first suggested bringing the Urban League to Tulsa in 1951, when he convinced a few friends to invite a representative from the national organization.
