Penn State Health has selected Cletis Earle to serve as senior vice president and CIO for the Hershey, Pa.-based health system and Penn State College of Medicine.

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health has selected Safa Farzin, MD, to serve as vice president for medical affairs and staff development, effective Dec. 23. 

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system executive moves in the last week:

PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., has named Joe Mark interim chief administrator of Ketchikan (Alaska) Medical Center, according to radio station KRBD.

Stephanie Reel will retire from Johns Hopkins on July 1 after three decades as an IT leader there, the Baltimore-based institution announced Dec. 5.

Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, Colo., has selected Cathy Harshbarger, BSN, RN, to serve as interim CEO, according to The Holyoke Enterprise.

Hillsboro (Kan.) Community Hospital has made two leadership changes after a company bought the 15-bed rural facility out of bankruptcy, according to the Hillsboro Star-Journal.

Natchitoches (La.) Regional Medical Center has selected Ronnie Ursin, DNP, BSN, RN, to serve as CNO, the medical center announced Dec. 4. 

Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, N.C., has tapped Adia K. Ross, MD, to serve as CMO, the hospital announced.

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system CEO moves in the last week.

Amy Fine, CEO of Bandon, Ore.-based Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, has accepted a new three-year contract offered by the hospital's board, according to the The World.

Axis Health System CEO Bern Heath, PhD, will retire after leading the Durango, Colo.-based health system for more than 19 years.  

Anna Chiotti, MSN, BSN, was named CEO of Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawaii, and Kohala Hospital in Kapaau, Hawaii, according to the Hawaii Tribune-Herald.

The Cape Fear Valley Health System board named CFO Sandra Williams and COO Daniel Weatherly as acting senior leadership while CEO Michael Nagowski is on medical leave, the system announced Dec. 2.

UofL Health recently welcomed Aaron Garofola to lead its Shelbyville, Ky., campus as CEO.

Jim Cole, president and CEO of Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, announced Dec. 2 that he plans to retire next year.

Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following recent hospital and health system executive resignations.

Lakewood (Calif.) Regional Medical Center brought Michael Paul Amos on board in September to serve as COO, the hospital told Becker's this month.

Boone Memorial Hospital, a critical access hospital in Madison, W.Va., welcomed Gina Moore Nov. 4 to its executive director of outpatient clinics position.

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system executive moves in the last week: