The following 10 hospital and health system CNO and CMO moves occurred or were announced in the last month, starting with the most recent.
1. Saint Louis University Hospital named Nirav Patel, MD, as its permanent CMO.
2. Belma Andric, MD, was named CMO of Health Care District of Palm Beach County in Palm Springs, Fla., a public healthcare system.
3. Alameda (Calif.) Health System added Ghassan Jamaleddine, MD, as its CMO.
4. Jackie Somerville, PhD, RN, will step down from her role as senior vice president of patient care services and CNO of Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital on Oct. 1.
5. Timothy Ranney, MD, was named CMO of Daly City, Calif.-based Seton Medical Center and Seton Coastside in Moss Beach, Calif.
6. Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., appointed James A. Cheray, MD, as CMO.
7. Craig Walls, MD, PhD, became CMO of Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, Calif.
8. Lee's Summit (Mo.) Medical Center named Paige Baker, MSN, RN, as CNO.
9. North Valley Hospital in Whitefish, Mont., selected Jason Cohen, MD, as CMO.
10. Robert J. Weil, MD, was named senior vice president and CMO of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives.