Capital

Christine Alexander-Rager, MD, CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth, is tasked with completing the health system's delayed expansion project, cleveland.com reported Dec. 29.

Peter Slavin, MD, president and CEO of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, has been named the inaugural holder of the David and Meredith Kaplan Presidential Chair, established through a $10 million gift.

Hendersonville, N.C.-based UNC Health Pardee will invest $30 million to create an adolescent behavioral health facility. 

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth's land use application has been approved by the city of Lakeland, Fla., for a proposed full-service hospital.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Encompass Health plans to build a 50-bed rehabilitation hospital in Bangor, Maine.

Cleveland Clinic plans to open an inpatient hospital and expand outpatient services in Palm Beach, Fla.

Chippewa Falls (Wis.) City Council has approved Aspirus Health's proposed location for a new hospital in the city to fill a gap left in the region from the closure of two hospitals earlier this year, WEAU reported Dec. 17. 

Here is how Cedars-Sinai, WashU Medicine and three other health systems plan to spend recently received donations: 

Honolulu-based The Queens Health Systems plans to build an 80-bed hospital in Kailua-Kona, a move that aims to improve access to care for rural populations on Hawai‘i Island.

Sarasota Memorial Hospital-Venice has completed a $90 million emergency department expansion, opening its doors to patients Dec. 16, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported.