CHI St. Vincent has named Gerry Jones, MD, CMO of CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Ark.

Amar A. Desai, MD, former president of El Segundo, Calif.-based HealthCare Partners, is the new president and CEO of UnitedHealth's Optum in California.

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system executive retirements in the last five weeks:

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

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Ky., named Brian Springate, RN, COO, effective Jan. 20, according to the Commonwealth Journal.

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has named Tim Tarnowski senior vice president and CIO.

Timothy Finan will retire as president and CEO of Olean, N.Y.-based Upper Allegheny Health System, effective July 3, according to The Buffalo News.

Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., has selected Shon Dwyer, RN, to serve as president, effective March 2.

David Duvall is no longer employed by Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System as senior vice president, chief marketing, communications and experience officer, a health system spokesperson confirmed.

Steven J. Summer is the new president of the Healthcare Institute, a Pensacola, Fla.-based nonprofit think tank with 35 hospital and health system CEO members.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Brookwood Baptist Health System has selected Kevin Flynn as chief strategy officer.

Dan Jones, CEO of St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Ga., has resigned to pursue other career opportunities, hospital officials told TV station WRBL.

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare has selected Mark Benz to serve as regional CEO of the health system's four Missouri and Kansas hospitals and affiliated locations.

The Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance has selected Assaad Sayah, MD, to serve as CEO.

New Orleans-based Tulane Health System has named Bob Lynch, MD, CEO.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle has named Thomas J. Lynch Jr., MD, president and director, effective in February.

Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health has named Daniel Blum president of Sinai Hospital of Baltimore and Grace Medical Center, effective in April.

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

Arthur J. Blank, president and CEO of Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine, will retire at the end of this year.

Justin Birmele is the new CEO of AdventHealth Winter Park (Fla.).