(FORT WORTH, Texas, May 26, 2009) – Baylor Medical Center at Southwest Fort Worth and Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth announced the appointment of David G. Klein, M.D. to the role of Baylor Southwest administrator and Baylor Fort Worth chief operating officer. Klein, a general surgeon in private practice for 14 years, comes to Baylor Southwest and Baylor Fort Worth from Cedar Park, Texas, where he recently served as the CEO of Cedar Park Regional Medical Center in Austin. He assumed his new role at Baylor Southwest and Baylor Fort Worth on Wednesday, May 20.

As administrator of Baylor Southwest, Klein will be responsible for oversight of all aspects of hospital operations, and will lead a multi-disciplinary team focused on clinical quality, patient and physician satisfaction, and financial performance. He will work closely with the communities served by Baylor Southwest, and will also provide operational leadership on key projects at the Baylor Fort Worth downtown campus.

“David is a talented administrator with a proven record of success, and he will be a great asset to Baylor Southwest,” said Steven R. Newton, president, Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth. “We are very pleased to have David join Baylor Southwest and Baylor Fort Worth’s family.”

Klein received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree from the University of Southern California, his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from the University of New Mexico and his Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of California. He is currently associated with the Cedar Park Chamber of Commerce, the American Heart Association and the University of  Texas School of Nursing.

The not-for-profit Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth and Baylor Medical Center at Southwest Fort Worth serve more than 100,000 people annually through two hospitals, numerous primary care physician centers and practices, a rehabilitation and fitness center, and a variety of medical specialties. Programs of excellence in cardiology, transplantation, neurosciences, oncology and women’s services form the heart of the hospitals’ services. All Saints joined Baylor Health Care System in January 2002. All Saints Health Foundation, a separately incorporated not-for-profit organization, raises and manages charitable funds to support Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth and Baylor Medical Center at Southwest Fort Worth. For fiscal year 2008, Baylor Health Care System reported $429.5 million* in community benefit, which includes providing care for charity patients and patients enrolled in government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the unreimbursed costs of medical education, research and community programs. For a physician referral, call toll free 1-800-4BAYLOR.

*Represents preliminary information that will be reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Physicians are members of the medical staff at one of Baylor Health Care System’s subsidiary, community or affiliated medical centers and are neither employees nor agents of those medical centers, Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth, Baylor Medical Center at Southwest Fort Worth or Baylor Health Care System.