HCA Holdings' TriStar Health system has recruited one of the executives who helped build Saint Thomas Health Services' regional heart care network to lead its cardiac services team.

Ranee Curtis will start her tenure as TriStar's administrator of cardiovascular services on Jan. 14. Curtis had spent more than six years at Saint Thomas, where she was executive director of Regional Network Services and helped oversee $2 million in federal grants. She has more than 27 years of cardiac and flight nursing experience.

In her new role, Curtis will be responsible for the overall strategic direction for cardiac services throughout the 18-hospital TriStar Health system. She will also design, plan and implement cardiovascular programs in markets from South Central Kentucky to North Georgia.

“Ranee is a proven administrator, and her extensive contributions have earned the respect of fellow colleagues, physicians and associates throughout the Middle Tennessee healthcare market,” said Tim Scarvey, senior vice president of strategic planning and business development at TriStar. “Ranee’s tremendous experience and knowledge of the cardiovascular field are essential to the ongoing growth, development and expansion of the division’s cardiac service line.”