Kirk King, FACHE, joined Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital as president in June 2007 after serving as president at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford since January 2006.

Previously, King served as the president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman, a 91-bed, $63-million gross revenue acute care hospital that is also part of Texas Health Resources, the parent company of Texas Health Arlington Memorial. Prior to Texas Health Kaufman, King served as CEO of Presbyterian Medical Center of Wylie in Wylie, Texas.

King earned his masters' degree in business administration from the University of Alabama in Birmingham, Ala. He received his bachelor of science degree in commerce and business administration from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. King is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Currently, he serves on the Board of Trustees for the Dallas/Fort Worth Hospital Council, as well as on the Board of Directors for the North Texas American College of Healthcare Executives. King was a former member of the HEB Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee and served on the Board of Directors for the HEBISD Education Foundation and the Colleyville Area Chamber of Commerce.

Currently, King is chairman-elect of the Board of Trustees for the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Arlington Chamber of Commerce.