Melanie Hall, M.S.N., R.N., president and CEO of Hospice of Huntington, Inc., and Suzanne Holroyd, M.D., professor and chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine and Marshall Health Network, were two of only 10 individuals named to the WV Executive magazine 2024 Health Care Hall of Fame.

Melanie Hall joined Hospice of Huntington, Inc., as president and CEO in 2014. While continuing the long tradition of exceptional end-of-life hospice care, Hall has been a key visionary in developing an even broader spectrum of palliative care services to meet the needs of patients and their families in the Tri-State region. Under her decade of leadership, two new programs have been introduced to the community, both designed to improve the quality of life for patients and offer support for families earlier.

In 2017, Tri-State LifeCare was launched providing in-home palliative care, in-home respite care, and private-duty caregiving services as early as the time of a patient’s diagnosis. Most recently, Hall and her team opened the doors to a new, first-of-its-kind medical adult day care facility in Huntington called Tri-State Life AdultDay. The center, which is unlike any other in the state, combines the social and therapeutic amenities of a traditional adult day care center with on-site medical care and skilled nursing services for seniors who require them.

In addition to her Hospice of Huntington and Tri-State LifeCare duties, Hall currently serves as President of the Hospice Council of West Virginia. She is also actively working on an initiative that will make Huntington, W.Va., a more dementia-friendly community.

Dr. Suzanne Holroyd was named chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at Marshall University in 2014. During the past decade, she and her team have expanded clinical care, enhanced training opportunities and improved the inpatient experience at one of West Virginia’s largest psychiatric hospitals. In addition to establishing a psychiatry residency program at Marshall, Holroyd has increased its capacity and introduced specialized fellowship training programs in child and adolescent psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry. Most recently, Marshall’s rural psychiatry residency in Point Pleasant earned initial accreditation, and under Holroyd’s leadership, will welcome its first group of residents in July 2024.

In addition, Holroyd established the Marshall Mind Wellness Center in 2018, providing intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs for adults. This allows patients to receive structured therapy while remaining at home. Holroyd’s collaborations with the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources have strengthened community mental health services. Faculty members now hold key positions at Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital, providing valuable clinical experience to medical students and psychiatry residents. Holroyd’s leadership has been pivotal in improving psychiatric care in West Virginia, and this year marked the 20th year Holroyd, was recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor®.

The recipients were recognized Feb. 27 during an event at the University of Charleston.