Healthcare Realty Trust Incorporated announced that Nancy H. Agee and Peter F. Lyle have been nominated to serve as directors on the Company's board. It is expected that the board will formally appoint Ms. Agee and Mr. Lyle to fill vacancies that will be created by the anticipated retirements of Errol L. Biggs, Ph.D. and Roger O. West from the board in February 2016. Upon their appointments to the board, Ms. Agee and Mr. Lyle will serve until the 2016 annual meeting of shareholders where they will stand for election for a full term.

Ms. Agee is 63 years old and has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia since 2011. From 2001 to 2011, she served as the Chief Operating Officer of Carilion Clinic. Mr. Lyle has served as the Vice President of Health Systems and Medical Group Consulting at Medical Management Associates Inc. since 2011 and has been employed in various other capacities with the firm since 1992.