Antonio “Tony” Chavira, Jr. has been named CFO of Tyler County Hospital in Woodville, Texas, according to a Facebook post from the Tyler County Hospital District. “With more than thirty years of financial expertise across both corporate and private sectors,…
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Bowei Hao has been appointed chief strategy and growth officer at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, according to a Dec. 28 LinkedIn post. Mr. Hao has served as the hospital’s vice president of strategy, innovations and business…
Several large health systems across the country have made multiple changes to their C-suite teams in 2025 through the creation of new roles and strategic leadership shifts as part of succession planning. Many also underwent CEO transitions. Below are the…
Dothan, Ala.-based Southeast Health has appointed Walter Young, MD, as interim chief medical officer. Dr. Young practiced obstetrics and gynecology in the region for nearly four decades before retiring from clinical care in 2023. He previously served as president of…
Some of the nation’s largest health systems appointed new leaders to oversee nursing services and medical operations in 2025. Here are nine chief medical and nursing officer appointments and transitions Becker’s has covered in 2025:
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Mitchell Katz, MD, has been reappointed president and CEO of New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals. New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani renominated Dr. Katz to the health system’s board, according to a Dec. 29 news release from Mr.…
Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University has named Sanjay Desai, MD, as vice dean for education at its medical school, according to a Dec. 29 news release. Dr. Desai is chief academic officer at the American Medical Association, where he focuses on…
Lara Khouri has been named chief executive of MemorialCare’s Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, Calif., effective Feb. 16. Ms. Khouri most recently served as president and COO of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, according to an internal MemorialCare…
York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health has named Kim Moody vice president and chief accounting officer, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. She joins WellSpan from Towson, Md.-based Sheppard Pratt, where she served as senior director of finance and accounting. …
Samantha Crandall, PhD, RN, has been named senior vice president of quality and patient safety at GBMC HealthCare System in Towson, Md. Dr. Crandall most recently served as director of quality, patient safety and clinical performance improvement at Johns Hopkins…