Eugene Bassett

Eugene “Gene” Bassett is the interim senior vice president of operations, Nevada Service Area, and president and CEO of St. Rose Dominican-Siena campus of Dignity Health.

Mr. Bassett’s oversight encompasses Dignity Health’s multi-site, multi-area healthcare service offerings in Nevada, including acute-care hospital operations, physician relationships, ambulatory and outpatient service delivery systems and healthcare philanthropy. Dignity Health’s Nevada operations include more than 3,400 employees, 1,300 physicians and annual net revenues in excess of $800 million.

Mr. Bassett is a skilled executive with more than 35 years of experience in managing complex hospital operations, ranging from clinical departments to multi-hospital systems. He has held multiple leadership roles in health care with a variety of organizations, including Dignity Health’s Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield. 

Mr. Bassett has also served in a variety of roles at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York and Mercy Health Partners, among others. Prior to his time with Dignity Health at Methodist Hospital, Mr. Bassett served as the interim chief operating officer at Springfield Regional Medical Center in Ohio and the chief operating officer and subsequently the interim chief executive officer at Jackson Health System in Florida.