2016 Medical Staff Officers Announced for Lufkin, Specialty Hospital

St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin announced three physicians have been elected to serve as the 2016 officers for the hospital’s Medical Staff Board. The newly elected officers are Internal Medicine physician Hunt Huber, M.D. as President, Cardiologist Musa Khan, M.D. as Vice President and Obstetrician and Gynecologist Kaywin Carter, M.D. as Secretary.

Additionally, three physicians have been elected to serve as the 2016 officers for St. Luke’s Health Memorial Specialty Hospital’s Medical Staff Board. The newly elected officers are Internal Medicine physician Karl Krohn, M.D. as President, Pathologist David Todd, M.D. as Vice President and Cardiovascular Disease Specialist and Cardiologist Robert Hallett, M.D. as Secretary.

The officers were sworn in January 1 and each will serve one-year terms.

“We are so fortunate to have a great team of doctors serving as officers on the Medical Staff,” St. Luke’s Health Memorial COO & Lufkin President Shawn Barnett said. “Each one of these physicians provides our hospital with years of experience and immense talent which will certainly be put to good use here as we strive for excellence and growth.”

The staff at St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin would like to express its sincere thanks to George Fidone, M.D., who completed his term as Medical Chief of Staff in 2015. The staff at Memorial Specialty Hospital would also like to express its sincere thanks to Karl Krohn, M.D. who is serving his second term as Chief of Staff.