Women of Distinction Magazine Selects Susan Burroughs as a Distinguished Professional in Her Field

    CAMDEN, SC, January 19, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Susan Burroughs, Chief Operating Officer of KershawHealth Medical Center, has been recognized with an Excellence Award as a Distinguished Professional in her field through Women of Distinction Magazine. Susan Burroughs will be featured in an upcoming edition of Women of Distinction Magazine's Top 2017 edition.

Susan Burroughs has dedicated her entire career to the healthcare field, working tirelessly to get to where she is today. Taking on a new role as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at KershawHealth Medical Center in Camden, South Carolina, just last year in July 2016, she provides a range of diagnostic, medical, surgical, rehab, general, and specialty physician care services throughout the entire county of Kershaw, allowing Burroughs to truly show off her talents.

"In my role as COO, I handle most of the executive oversight of health systems ancillary and support services," Burroughs explained. "This includes everything from cardiology, case management, and the catheterization lab, to construction, lab/pathology, plant operations, quality, radiology, respiratory, risk, sleep lab, rehab services, and our busy urgent care center."

When Burroughs first got her feet wet as a Practice Administrator, she worked for a solo practitioner. But when both of her parents began going in and out of the hospitals for health reasons, she decided that she wanted to not only become more educated in the field, but also redirect her career goals.

"The time that I spent representing my parents changed the course of my entire career path, which propelled me to pursue a role that focused more on quality care and efficiency in hospital operations," she added. "I've never looked back."

Serving as an Administrative Intern for the Department of Veteran Affairs while also pursuing her MHA in Health Administration, Burroughs became very familiar with hospital operations, as well as the value of fostering professional relationships and networking. Burroughs later earned the titles of Senior Project Manager, Associate Administrator, Associate Administrator II, Associate Chief Operating Officer, and VP of Provider Solutions for several organizations before being taken on board with her current company as COO.

Inspired by several influential women in her life, Burroughs credits her family the most.

"My mom was a nurse, my one sister is a nurse, my second sister is a radiologist, and my third sister is a retired administrator," she noted.

Active throughout her career, Burroughs has served at the national and local level of boards and committees of multiple professional and civic organizations, to include American College of Healthcare Executives where she received an Early Career Healthcare Executives Award, Healthcare Financial Management Association, and Society for Healthcare Strategy and Marketing Development. She is also active with Advanced Women Executives, LEAN IN's Los Angeles Chapter, National Black MBA Association.

For more information, visit www.susanburroughs.com and www.kershawhealth.org.

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