USA Health’s Natalie Fox, DNP, has been named to the 2024 edition of Becker’s Hospital Review Rising Stars: Healthcare Leaders Under 40 list.
Only 42 individuals were selected for this national recognition by the Becker’s Hospital Review editorial team. See the full list here.

Since 2023, Fox has served as chief physician enterprise officer for USA Health. She is responsible for overall strategy, performance, and operational effectiveness of the physician enterprise, which comprises about 700 physicians, advanced practice providers, residents and fellows who care for patients in dozens of faculty and community physician practices.

“We are delighted, but not surprised, by Natalie’s latest recognition,” said Owen Bailey, MSHA, FACHE, chief executive officer for USA Health and senior executive vice president for medical affairs. “Her leadership style and innovative approach to tackling challenges are true assets to our academic health system. We are excited to see what the future holds for Natalie and USA Health as we continue to grow and adapt to the changing needs of our patients and the community.”

Since 2011, Fox has held various roles at USA Health, including spearheading quality projects focused on improving population health outreach and reducing barriers to patient access. She also led team-based care initiatives for physician practices and served as manager of clinical operations for the pediatric division.

As the COVID-19 pandemic reached the Alabama Gulf Coast in 2020, Fox led USA Health’s efforts to provide timely and convenient COVID testing and, later, vaccine administration through a partnership with the City of Mobile. She was presented with a Mobile Community Health Leadership Award for her efforts in May 2022.

“Natalie is a true servant leader with a head and a heart for continuously seeking to improve the quality of the healthcare we deliver to our patients,” said John V. Marymont, M.D., MBA, vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama.

In 2023, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey appointed Fox to a three-year term on the state Certificate of Need Review Board. She is also a recipient of Alabama’s Top Nurses Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the profession, a member of the Leadership Mobile Class of 2019 and Mobile Bay Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Class of 2017.

Fox earned her doctoral degree in nursing from the University of South Alabama in 2017. She also earned her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in nursing from USA.