Most recently, serving two years as the Assistant Director for the Durham VA Health Care System (DVAHCS).

Before joining the DVAHCS, Mr. Ferguson served as acting Assistant Director of the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center until August 2019.  Prior to his role at the DVAHCS, he served as the Ambulatory Care Operations Director for the VA Southeast Health Care Network (VISN 7) in Atlanta, Georgia, overseeing ambulatory operations from June 2016 – January 2020.  In 2012, he joined the VISN 16 Network Office where he served in various roles including Prosthetics Administrative Officer, VISN Prosthetics Representative and Health Systems Specialist to the Chief Medical Officer.  He began his path of leadership as a project coordinator for Vanderbilt University Health.

Mr. Ferguson is an active member of the American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE), a graduate of the VISN 16 Advanced Leadership Development Institute, and has been a VHA certified Mentor since 2018.  He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Alabama in Radiologic Science and has a dual master’s degree in Health Administration and Health Informatics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.  Mr. Ferguson is a U.S. Army Veteran and served in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.  During his tenure in the military, he was deployed to domestic and international operations, with honorable service in Iraq, Kuwait, and Turkey.

The AD at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center will have leadership oversight and responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the medical center.  He will have direct responsibility for Facilities Management Service, Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Service, Medical Administration Service, Fiscal Service, Emergency Management and Logistics Service and is the facility liaison for Information Security, Office of Information and Technology (OI&T), and the Strategic Business Unit (Human Resources).