David, L. Callecod is President of Lafayette General Health, a seven hospital system with an additional six clinical affiliate hospitals in Southwest Louisiana.  He is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.  Callecod was inducted into StuderGroup’s Hall of Fame in October 2011 and is a national speaker on healthcare management and culture change.

In 2015, the Press Ganey Pinnacle of Excellence Awards, which recognizes top performing healthcare organizations nationwide on the basis of extraordinary achievement and consistently high levels of excellence for three years, were bestowed to Lafayette General Medical Center for Patient Experience in Inpatient Care, and Lafayette General Surgical Hospital for Patient Experience in Ambulatory Surgery.  The 2015 Guardian of Excellence Awards were bestowed to Lafayette General Medical Center, Lafayette General Surgical Hospital, LGMD Physician Group and St. Martin Hospital.  This award recognizes top performing healthcare organizations that have consistently achieved the 95^th percentile or above of performance in select categories:  Lafayette General Medical Center for Excellence of Patient Experience in Inpatient Care and HCAHPS, LGMD Physician Group for Patient Experience in Medical Practice; Lafayette General Surgical Hospital for Patient Experience in Ambulatory Surgery and St. Martin Hospital for Patient Experience in the Emergency Room and Patient Experience in Outpatient Services.  In addition, in 2014, Lafayette General Medical Center and Lafayette General Surgical Hospital both received the Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award and Beacon of Excellence Award for Patient Experience for consistently achieving the 95^th percentile in patient experience and consistently maintaining a high level of excellence for three consecutive years.

In 2015, LGMC achieved the Level III Louisiana Quality Foundation Award, the first step in applying for the National Malcolm Baldrige Award.

Since 2000, Lafayette General Medical Center (LGMC) has been named the Consumer Choice Award winner for the region by National Research Corporation.  St. Martin Hospital was named among the Top 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare Magazine in 2014 & 2015.

Callecod received his BA from Wabash College and his MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University.  He currently serves on the Wabash College Board of Trustees and was named Distinguished Alumnus by Indiana Wesleyan University in 2007.

He and his wife Kim have three children, Ellen, Ian, and Nolan.