Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 2, 2002
RICHARD M. SCRUSHY is Chairman, CEO and Founder of HEALTHSOUTH
Corporation. During the last 18 years he has successfully developed
HEALTHSOUTH from an idea into the nation's premier healthcare provider,
with more than 1,900 locations in all 50 states, the United Kingdom,
Australia, Canada, and Puerto Rico. With his vision, HEALTHSOUTH has
become the nation's undisputed leader in outpatient surgery, diagnostics
and rehabilitative healthcare services. Since 1984, HEALTHSOUTH has
grown to a company with more than $4 billion in revenues and an
enterprise value of approximately $8 billion. These achievements have
earned HEALTHSOUTH a spot in the S&P 500, the Fortune 500, and the
Forbes 500. Mr. Scrushy graduated from the University of Alabama at
Birmingham in 1974 and taught for over two years in its School of Health
Related Professions. Today, he holds Honorary Doctorates from Troy State
University, Birmingham-Southern College and the University of Alabama,
and continues to guest lecture at the University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Samford University, the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa,
Auburn University, Troy State University, the Darden School of Business,
The Kellogg School of Business, the Harvard School of Public Health, the
Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt and public schools. Mr.
Scrushy sits on numerous public and civic boards, including the Business
Council of Alabama; the University of Alabama at Birmingham President's
Council; the Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama; the Board
of Trustees of Birmingham-Southern College; and the National Football
Foundation and College Hall of Fame. He also serves as Chairman of the
Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and America's Junior Miss. In addition to
his role with HEALTHSOUTH, Mr. Scrushy also founded two other NYSE
companies: Capstone Capital, now part of Healthcare Realty Trust (NYSE:
HR), and Caremark Rx, Inc. (NYSE: CMX), formerly known as MedPartners. Profile
Mr. Scrushy: HEALTHSOUTH Corporation began in January 1984, so this year
we will complete our 18th year. We started the
