Coliseum Medical Centers announced that Lance Jones, Chief Executive Officer, has been promoted by HCA to serve as CEO of StoneSprings Hospital Center in Loudoun County, Virginia, with HCA’s Capital Division.  Jones will continue to serve at Coliseum Medical Centers through the end of 2016 and will start his new role January 1. Coliseum Northside Hospital CEO, Stephen J. Daugherty, will assume Interim CEO duties for Coliseum Health System.
 
During his time at Coliseum Medical Centers, Jones opened the Pediatric ER, announced a graduate medical education partnership with Mercer University, introduced maternal fetal medicine services, and recruited a host of physicians to the Macon area, including specialists in urology, cardiovascular surgery, cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, electrophysiology and pediatric emergency medicine.
 
Over the past two years of his leadership, Coliseum Medical Centers has made significant upgrades to technology by adding equipment such as the newest daVinci robot, 3D mammography with tomosynthesis, and SPY Elite fluorescent imaging, which allows surgeons to visualize blood flower during surgery. Last year, Coliseum Medical Centers was also named as a robotic surgery mentoring center.
 
Jones started his career in Rehabilitation Services and over the past 16 years has served as Chief Operating Officer or Chief Executive Officer for hospitals in New Mexico, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, and Georgia.