McFarland named COO of Baptist Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 9, 2026 – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis recently named Daniel McFarland chief operating officer.
McFarland began his career at Baptist Memorial Health Care as a summer administrative resident in 2017 and most recently served as assistant vice president of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey since 2024.
“I’m excited to welcome Daniel back to Baptist,” said Sam Lynd, administrator and CEO of Baptist Memphis. “Daniel is an impressive leader, sharpened by his experience with nationally recognized health care organizations during the past nine years. We are excited to have him join our leadership team at Baptist Memphis, where he will have tremendous impact on our staff, patients and community.”
After leaving Baptist Memorial, McFarland served at Baptist Health System in Little Rock as administrative graduate assistant from 2017 to 2018 and then joined Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore as administrative fellow and interim assistant administrator of cardiothoracic surgery from 2018 to 2020. He served as assistant administrator of adult cardiac surgery and pediatric heart services within The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore from 2020 to 2022, followed by service line administrator of neurosciences, spine and digestive services for The Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston from 2022 until 2024.
He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Animal Science from the University of Arkansas and earned his Master of Health Administration from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. McFarland spends some of his personal time raising and exhibiting Angus cattle and performing as a musician.
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, a 706-bed hospital located on an 80-acre medical campus in Memphis, Tennessee, is the flagship hospital of Baptist Memorial Health Care, one of the largest health care systems in the country. Named the No. 1 hospital in the Memphis metropolitan area and No. 2 hospital in the state of Tennessee by U.S. News & World Report for 2026-2027, the hospital serves as a major referral center for patients across the Mid-South and has the only certified adult heart transplant and adult extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) programs in the Mid-South. The hospital also offers specialty, diagnostic, surgical and rehabilitation services. For more information, please visit baptistonline.org/memphis, call 901-226-5000 or follow us on Facebook at @baptistmemorialhospital-memphis.
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