Kyle Buchanan is a native of Tuscumbia, Alabama and joined Huntsville Hospital Health System as Vice President of Operations at Helen Keller Hospital in 2009. Most recently, Buchanan served as Vice-President of Operations at Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children.  Prior roles include Chief Executive Officer of Lawrence Medical Center in Moulton, Alabama and Executive Director for Alabama Community Care, all within the Huntsville Hospital Health System.

Buchanan graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and Master’s degrees in Health Services Administration and Business Administration from the University of Michigan and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, respectively.

Buchanan serves as a board member of Leadership Alabama, Community Affairs Board of Advisors and Blackburn Institute at the University of Alabama, and Alabama Kidney Foundation, Board of Trustees at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in Florence.  He resides in Muscle Shoals, Alabama with his wife and daughters, Dr. Kyrel Buchanan, Carrington and Callie.