Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center Welcomes Jim Heckert, CEO As of March 1, 2008, Mr. Jim Heckert became our Chief Executive Officer at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center. Mr. Heckert is an accomplished leader with a passion for customer care. He will be building on the foundations and experience of leadership and preparing our hospital for the challenges and growth opportunities that will help to make us the hospital of choice for southern New Mexico. Mr. Heckert comes to the hospital after serving six years as Chief Executive Officer of Daviess Community Hospital, a 74 bed Acute Care hospital, located in Washington, Indiana. He is married to Francine and has three children.
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center (GCRMC) is a 99-bed Acute Care Facility located at the base of the Sacramento Mountains in Alamogordo, New Mexico. Located in Otero County, Gerald Champion has been associated with healthcare for almost 60 years. The current facility, with its award winning design opened in December 1999 resulting in continued growth over the past six years and subsequent expansions including a new Intensive Care Unit, additional Medical Office Building, and a free standing Day Care Center. In addition, a new Medical Office Building and a free standing Surgery Center opened on the Medical Center Campus in early 2007. The Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center primary market is the city of Alamogordo with secondary markets expanding to Tularosa, Holloman Air Force Base and Lincoln County. The Medical Center shares a unique relationship with Holloman Air Force Base as the only hospital in the United States where active duty military personnel practice in a civilian hospital. This special arrangement allows one facility to meet the combined community and military needs, while also serving as a model for the Department of Defense in conserving resources.		For more information click here to visit the Auxiliary Visit The Maternal Child Unit Click here to see the Patient Handbook