Northwest Texas Healthcare System Names Tony Torres COO

Northwest Texas Healthcare System in Amarillo has named Tony Torres its new chief operating officer, according to an Oct. 12 LinkedIn post reported by Becker's Hospital Review.

Torres arrives with operations experience from across the region. He previously served as COO of Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Missouri, and before that as market assistant CEO for AllianceHealth Durant and AllianceHealth Madill in Oklahoma, per his LinkedIn page cited by Becker's.

The move reflects the steady churn of operational leadership at mid-size and regional hospitals, where COOs own the day-to-day work of staffing, throughput, and service-line performance. For systems like Northwest Texas, an experienced COO is central to managing labor costs, patient flow, and capacity pressures that define hospital margins. Torres's track record across multiple markets signals the kind of cross-facility operating experience regional systems increasingly seek as they look to stabilize performance.