The following hospital and health system CEO moves occurred within the last two weeks. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
1. Vince DiFranco, MHA, CEO of Community Hospital in Torrington, Wyo., resigned to become CEO of Plains Regional Medical Center in Clovis, N.M. Mr. DiFranco will depart from Community Hospital Feb. 5.
2. Hammond-Henry Hospital in Geneseo, Ill., appointed Florence Spyrow, MHA, JD, interim CEO.
3. Colorado Plains Medical Center in Fort Morgan, part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals, named Gene O'Hara, PhD, MHA, CEO, effective Jan. 5.
4. South Central Kansas Medical Center in Arkansas City, Kan., named Virgil Watson Jr., MPHA, CEO, effective January 2015.
5. Madison, Wis.-based Meriter-UnityPoint Health, part of Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, appointed Arthur Nizza, DSW, president and CEO, effective Feb. 16, 2015.
6. Detroit Medical Center Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital in Commerce Township, Mich., promoted its COO, Karen Fordham, MBA, to CEO, effective Jan. 1.
7. St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe, La., part of Baton Rouge, La.-based Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, named Kristin Wolkart president and CEO.
8. Brent A. Marsteller, president and CEO of Cabell Huntington (W.Va.) Hospital, announced he will retire Dec. 31.
9. Nyack (N.Y.) Hospital named Mark Geller, MD, interim CEO.
10. Jim Shmerling, PhD, MS, MBA, CEO of Children's Hospital Colorado Health System and Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, is stepping down from his role as hospital CEO, but will remain at the helm of the health system.
11. Chris Jenkins, MHA, was named president and CEO of Florida Hospital Physician Group in Tampa, Fla.
12. Nabil El Sanadi, MD, stepped into his role as president and CEO of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health after signing his contract Dec. 17.
13. Mark Shugarman, president and CEO of Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany, Ind., resigned to take a new position at Shriner's Hospital for Children in Cincinnati.