Maria Caruso is serving as the interim CFO for HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital.

Mayo Clinic has selected Vijay Shah, MD, as its Kinney Executive Dean of Research. 

President and CEO of Lenoir, N.C.-based UNC Health Caldwell Laura Easton is retiring after 28 years of service and the health system's chief medical officer will succeed her.

Silver City, N.M.-based Gila Regional Medical Center has named William Ermann CFO, the Silver City Daily Press reported Dec. 22. 

Teaneck, N.J.-based Holy Name Medical Center has named Cynthia Ziegler vice president of revenue cycle management, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. 

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health has appointed James Murray, MD, permanent chief medical officer. 

Cheri Canon, MD, has been named as the next president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation and chief physician executive of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System.

Lorraine Lutton, president and CEO of Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, will retire in April 2024 after four years at the helm of the four-hospital system. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center comprises seven adult and children's hospitals in the Southeast, with the health system recording more 3 million patient visits a year.

James Leonard, DO, was selected as the new CEO of Valparaiso, Ind.-based Northwest Health-Porter.

Honolulu-based St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii has named Kathleen Morimoto president and CEO, Hawaii Catholic Herald reported Dec. 20. 

Allina Health has tapped Whitney Johnson, RN, to be president of Owatonna (Minn.) Hospital and Faribault (Minn.) Medical Center. 

Thirteen of the 40 largest health systems by number of hospitals named new CFOs or announced succession plans in 2023: 

Gadsden (Ala.) Regional Medical Center has named Mark Dooley its next CEO, effective Jan. 29. 

David Linehan, MD, was named CEO of the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, and senior vice president for health sciences, effective Feb. 1.

Alex Nazarian is no longer president and CEO of Salem (Ill.) Township Hospital. 

Lee Ann Liska, chief operating officer and interim president of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Hospital, has been selected to serve as the hospital's president.

Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, N.C., has named Amanda Pruitt Motley its next CFO. 

This year has been a challenging one for hospital and health system CFOs, many of whom were tasked with finding ways to reduce costs and increase revenue to get their organizations' operating margins back to a stronger financial footing. Since January, Becker's has reported on 35 CFOs who resigned or announced plans to step down:

John C. Fremont Healthcare District in Mariposa, Calif., has selected a CEO after a turbulent year in the C-suite.