McLaren Medical Group appointed Binesh Patel, MD, CEO effective March 31.

Alabaster, Ala.-based Shelby Baptist Medical Center has Watson Hughston its new COO. 

Lawrence, Kan.-based LMH Health has tapped Rob Chestnut as CFO, effective May 20, after it terminated CFO Mike Rogers in November after nearly a month on the job for lying about his identity and felony record.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence has tapped Sara Gattie to serve as its next chief risk officer. 

Josh Hester was promoted to CEO of Detroit Medical Center's Adult Central Campus, effective April 8.

Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has appointed Kevin Giordano president of Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital and COO of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Brigham and Women's Hospital Physicians Organization. He was also named senior vice president of operations for the health system.

Effective July 1, Karen Keady, PhD, RN, will join Vanderbilt University Medical Center as chief nursing officer. She joins the Nashville, Tenn.-based system from the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, where she spent six years as vice president and chief nurse executive. 

TMC Health is readying for a change at the top after President and CEO Judy Rich served for 17 years in the role. 

Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health has named Stephanie Schnittger CFO. 

Sajit "Saj" Pullarkat was named COO of St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, Calif., and St. John's Hospital Camarillo (Calif.), both part of San Francisco-based Dignity Health.

St. Louis-based Ascension has named Patti Consolver vice president of front end revenue cycle, according to an April 4 post on her LinkedIn page. 

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health tapped Ryan Tobin as market president for its greater Denver market, effective May 6.

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago has selected Mehul Raval, MD, as head of the division of pediatric surgery, the hospital said April 4.

Sean Lemon has been promoted to senior vice president of ambulatory services and network development for multiple hospitals in AdventHealth Texas' Southwest region. 

It's been a busy transition into April for hospital and health system CFOs.

Novant Health's office of patient experience has selected Roxie Cannon Wells, MD, as chief physician executive officer, the Winston-Salem, N.C.-based system said April 4.

David Schultz was named president of hospital operations for Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health.

Katie Dickens has been named chief digital and information officer of Lexington, Ky.-based UK HealthCare.

Michael Good, MD, the CEO of University of Utah Health and the University of Utah senior vice president of health sciences, will transition from his administrative roles later in 2024 after a national search for his successor.

West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has named Christopher Gilligan, MD, senior vice president, chief medical officer and chief quality officer of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, its flagship academic medical center in New Brunswick.