11 latest hospital, health system CEO moves

Anuja Vaidya -

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

1. Victoria, Texas-based DeTar Healthcare System named Gary Malaer CEO, effective, Jan. 2.

2. Ascension's Saint Thomas Health, in Nashville, Tenn., promoted Fahad Tahir to president and CEO of Saint Thomas Midtown and West Hospitals, both in Nashville.

3. Ascension Crittenton Hospital in Rochester Hills, Mich., selected Chris Palazzolo to serve as president and CEO, effective Nov. 27.

4. Jerry Fedele, president and CEO of Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital, is planning to retire in August 2018.

5. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare named Mark Lisa Central Coast market CEO.

6. Mount Vernon, Wash.-based Skagit Regional Health hired Brian Ivie as its new president and CEO.

7. Fairbanks (Alaska) Memorial Hospital and Denali Center selected Jim Lynch to lead as CEO.

8. Lutheran Health Network's Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., named Lorenzo Suter CEO, effective in December.

9. Jill Fuller, president and CEO of Watertown, S.D.-based Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, announced her intention to retire.

10. Odessa, Texas-based Medical Center Health System selected Rick Napper to serve as its new president and CEO.

11. Rob Casalou has been tapped to serve as president and CEO of the new entity formed by the merger of Livonia, Mich.-based Saint Joseph Mercy Health System and Muskegon, Mich.-based Mercy Health.

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