G. Thomas Holland

Dosher Memorial Hospital officials announced recently that board-certified family medicine physician G. Thomas Holland has been appointed as the organization’s chief medical officer.

Holland will transition into the role, where he will work closely with Dosher medical staff leaders and other physicians to expand hospital and community health initiatives, upon Brad Hilaman’s retirement this fall, according to a news release.

Holland, who has served as a staff physician at Dosher Memorial Hospital for over 23 years, graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and completed his internship and residency at the Charleston Naval Hospital in South Carolina.

Holland was chief of staff at Dosher from 2009 to 2011, served as the director of the Dosher Skilled Nursing Center from 2000 to 2013, was a member of the Dosher medical executive committee for six years and is currently serving as the chair of the hospital’s credentials committee.

Holland is a volunteer physician and past Medical Director of New Hope Clinic in Boiling Spring Lakes and played a key role in establishing the primary care clinic on Oak Island, which is now part of the Dosher medical practice network.

“Dr. Holland has been a very active member of our medical staff for over two decades, serving in several leadership positions, and he is the right physician to provide strategic direction for the future of our organization,” said Dosher CEO and CMO Brad Hilaman.

Lynda Stanley, president of Dosher Memorial Hospital, said, “Dr. Holland has been a champion of our patients, community, and our hospital. We have unreserved confidence that he will provide medical oversight and program development that is fully aligned with the core values of our organization.”