Wellstar Health System CEO and leadership

Candice Saunders is a Trustee at GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, Board Member at American Hospital Association, and President/CEO at Wellstar. She has worked as Chairman at GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. Candice works or has worked as Vice President at Innovative Health Systems Inc.

William Mayfield is a Co-Founder, Multi-disciplinary Thoracic Oncology Clinics at Wellstar; Thoracic Surgeon at Wellstar; and Chief Surgical Officer at Wellstar and is based in Smyrna, Georgia. He has worked as Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeon at Piedmont Healthcare. William studied at University of Florida between 1986 and 1988, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine between 1977 and 1981, and MERCER UNIVERSITY between 1973 and 1977.

Jill Case-Wirth is a Senior Vice President & Chief Nurse Executive at Wellstar and is based in Marietta, Georgia. She has worked as Director of Home Health Services at Meriter Health Service, Former Vice President of Clinical Services/CNO at ThedaCare, and Head Nurse at Madison General Hospital. Jill studied at University of Wisconsin-Madison between 1976 and 1980 and Cardinal Stritch University.

Avril Beckford is a Pediatrician who founded the Pediatric and Adolescent Center in 1993 in Atlanta Georgia and is the Chief Pediatric Officer of the WellStar Heath System as well as a member of the WellStar Board of Trustees. She is the Past President of the Georgia Chapter of the Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the National Nominating Committee of the Academy of Pediatrics. She is passionate about Pediatrics and Pediatric advocacy and has served on a number of other volunteer boards including that of The Lovett School, The Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education, The 1998 Society of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Camp Kudzu for Children with Diabetes. She has authored 3 books - a parenting book called \'Allow Your Children to Fail if you want Them to Succeed\' ad two children's books: \'I Love You 65 Bulldozers\' and \'The Tooth Fairy\' as well as writing the forward of \'Typecast\' and a Chapter in a major Pediatric textbook. She enjoys public speaking and as given presentations internationally. She is married to Lawrence Rowley MD, an Ob-Gyn and her greatest joy has been parenting her son Derek and her late son Justin. Spirituality is her core, foundation and inspiration.

Paul Douglass, MD, MACC, FSCAI is a Chief, Division of Cardiology Atlanta Medical Center at Wellstar and is based in Greater Atlanta Area.

William Mayfield is a Co-Founder, Multi-disciplinary Thoracic Oncology Clinics at Wellstar; Thoracic Surgeon at Wellstar; and Chief Surgical Officer at Wellstar and is based in Smyrna, Georgia. He has worked as Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeon at Piedmont Healthcare. William studied at University of Florida between 1986 and 1988, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine between 1977 and 1981, and MERCER UNIVERSITY between 1973 and 1977.

Candice Saunders is a Trustee at GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, Board Member at American Hospital Association, and President/CEO at Wellstar. She has worked as Chairman at GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. Candice works or has worked as Vice President at Innovative Health Systems Inc.

Avril Beckford is a Pediatrician who founded the Pediatric and Adolescent Center in 1993 in Atlanta Georgia and is the Chief Pediatric Officer of the WellStar Heath System as well as a member of the WellStar Board of Trustees. She is the Past President of the Georgia Chapter of the Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the National Nominating Committee of the Academy of Pediatrics. She is passionate about Pediatrics and Pediatric advocacy and has served on a number of other volunteer boards including that of The Lovett School, The Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education, The 1998 Society of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Camp Kudzu for Children with Diabetes. She has authored 3 books - a parenting book called \'Allow Your Children to Fail if you want Them to Succeed\' ad two children's books: \'I Love You 65 Bulldozers\' and \'The Tooth Fairy\' as well as writing the forward of \'Typecast\' and a Chapter in a major Pediatric textbook. She enjoys public speaking and as given presentations internationally. She is married to Lawrence Rowley MD, an Ob-Gyn and her greatest joy has been parenting her son Derek and her late son Justin. Spirituality is her core, foundation and inspiration.

Paul Douglass, MD, MACC, FSCAI is a Chief, Division of Cardiology Atlanta Medical Center at Wellstar and is based in Greater Atlanta Area.