1. Mobile-based University of South Alabama Health System tapped Owen Bailey to serve as senior associate vice president for medical affairs and CEO.
2. Sayre (Okla.) Community Hospital hired Landon Hise to serve as CEO, effective March 27, 2017.
3. Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System appointed Doug Dean interim CEO.
4. Valdosta-based South Georgia Medical Center named Heath A. Evans interim CEO.
5. Henderson, Ky.-based Methodist Hospital President and CEO Gary R. Colberg resigned due to “increasing family responsibilities requiring his full attention.”
6. Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth selected Philip W. Guarneschelli to serve as president and CEO, effective immediately.
7. Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners President and CEO Mary Brainerd will retire June 1, 2017.
8. Sterling (Colo.) Regional MedCenter CEO Jeff Shelton has abruptly stepped down, according to an emailed statement from the hospital.
9. Metairie, La.-based East Jefferson General Hospital President and CEO Mark Peters, MD, is retiring, effective March 16, 2017.
10. Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth President and CEO Michael Young unexpectedly resigned.
11. Beauregard Memorial Hospital in DeRidder, La., taps William F. Barrow, II to serve as administrator and CEO.
12. Hays (Kan.) Medical Center CEO John Jeter, MD, plans to retire, effective Jan. 1, 2018.
13. Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro, S.C., appointed Jimmy Hiott permanent CEO.
14. Grangeville, Idaho-based Syringa Hospital and Clinics CEO Joe Cladouhos retired.
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