Nicky Boyette – Vicki Andert, chief of nursing at Eureka Springs Hospital, announced Allegiance Health Care has hired F. Peter Savoy III as the new administrator for ESH. Savoy’s background includes serving in multiple administrative positions since 1975, as well as maintaining a private law practice specializing in health care and municipal law. He also served as Mayor of Mamou, La., from 1981 to 1986.
Savoy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from McNeese State University, Certified Nursing Facility Administrator, Certified Nursing Facility Administrator Preceptor, and Juris Doctorate degree from Southern Law Center, and is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association.
Savoy will hold the CEO office for ESH and River Valley Medical Center in Dardanelle. He will begin May 16.
Savoy replaces Chris Bariola who moved on to a similar position for a facility just south of Memphis to be nearer his family.