Eddie Bratko was appointed president of Tacoma General and Allenmore hospitals, part of Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System.

A former financial leader for Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare has been named CFO of MCNC, a North Carolina technology nonprofit organization.

Karen Murphy, PhD, chief innovation and digital transformation of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, said she will be stepping down from her role to take on a part time position as senior adviser to the health system's CEO Jaewon Ryu, MD. 

The board of Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Healthcare District & Foundation announced CEO Conrado Bárzaga, MD, left his role Sept. 25 and appointed Chris Christensen, chief administration officer, as interim CEO.

Steve Lawler will retire as president and CEO of the North Carolina Healthcare Association.

Sutter Roseville (Calif.) Medical Center has named two new executives, Roseville Today reported Sept. 25. 

Joseph Theine is the new CEO of Southwest Health System in Cortez, Colo.

Companies announced 1,261 CEO exits in the first eight months of 2023, with 116 occurring in hospitals.

Medical staff members at Opelika-based East Alabama Health have voted J. Gary Bridges, DO, their next chief of staff. 

Pittsburgh-based UPMC has named Robert Strony, DO, as its senior medical quality officer, who will oversee practices in north central Pennsylvania, according to a Sept. 22 news release.

Joe Rudisill is the new CEO of HCA Florida Englewood Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.  

A vigil for the CEO of One Brooklyn Health is to be held Sept. 25 after multiple reports said LaRay Brown had been fired by the board of the three-hospital system.

Tim Moore, president of the Mississippi Hospital Association for a decade, has been fired from his role, according to a Sept. 22 Mississippi Today report. The report was subsequently confirmed by the MHA.

Debra Feigin Sukin, PhD, has been selected as the new president of Houston-based Texas Children's, effective Jan. 8.

Oneida (N.Y.) Health named Felissa Koernig president and CEO, effective Sept. 18. 

Financially strapped Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital selected a new CEO to chart the course out of bankruptcy and into public ownership, according to Lookout Santa Cruz.

Between Sept. 20-21, Becker's reported five executive exits from hospitals and health systems: 

Sara Carmack, MSN, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of Saint Mary's Health Network in Reno, Nev., the organization said in a September LinkedIn post. 

Larry Butler Jr., who has a criminal history, began his new role as senior director of facilities at Penn Medicine's Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia on July 17, and resigned less than a month later, on Aug. 14. 

James "Jim" Dover has been named the next president and CEO of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health.