Ed Daech has been promoted to Gainesville, Fla.-based University of Florida Health's inaugural chief human resources officer, effective Oct. 1.

Greg Lowe is stepping in as CEO of HCA Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., succeeding Chad Patrick, who will return as CEO of another HCA hospital in Florida, a spokesperson for Mission Health confirmed to Becker's Sept. 16. 

University of Iowa Health Care in Iowa City has selected longtime administrator Amy O'Deen, BSN, as chief administrative officer to lead its campus in North Liberty, Iowa, which is set to open in spring 2025.

RWJBarnabas Health has appointed Dwight McBee, BSN, RN, as its chief patient experience officer, the system said Sept. 16. 

Emily Jakacki has been appointed president of Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Ill.

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins named a new leader to oversee cybersecurity for its health system and university.

Timothy Carrigan, PhD, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of Loyola Medicine's Illinois and Indiana markets. 

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine has named Nadia Hansel, MD, physician-in-chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has also been appointed director of the Department of Medicine, making her the first woman to hold that position in the department's 131-year history.

Oswego (N.Y.) Health has promoted Kathryn Pagliaroli, BSN, RN, to serve as chief operating officer.

CommonSpirit Health at Home named a permanent president and CEO on Sept 13.

Dale Gold, MD, has been appointed chief medical informatics officer for CommonSpirit Health's Mountain Region, according to his LinkedIn. 

K. Scott Wester has resigned as president and CEO of Memorial Healthcare System, effective Sept. 11, following a vote by the system's board of commissioners to terminate his contract, according to a report in the South Florida Sun Sentinel.  

Kelly Corbi was appointed executive vice president and COO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, effective Nov. 4.

Karim Ghanem has been named market COO of Naples, Fla.-based Physicians Regional Healthcare System.

Thomas McGinn, MD, has been appointed senior executive vice president and chief physician executive officer of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, effective Sept. 30.

Robin Blount, MD, will retire in January after nearly a decade as chief medical officer of Boone Health.

Glenn Dennis, MSN, RN, will soon assume the chief nursing officer role at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital in San Antonio, according to a Sept. 12 news release shared with Becker's. 

Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health has tapped Lorie Rhine, RN, as its chief nursing executive. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA has named William Bustamante Far West Division vice president of finance, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. 

Philadelphia-area hospitals and health systems have experienced a busy year of leadership turnover, with eight changes in more than eight months, according to the Philadelphia Business Journal.