12 recent hospital, health system CEO retirements

Several hospital and health system CEOs have announced plans to retire this year. 

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1. Howard Kern, president and CEO of Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare, is retiring by the end of this year. 

2. Cynthia Moore-Hardy, BSN, RN, is retiring as president and CEO of Concord, Ohio-based Lake Health at the end of March. 

3. Mark Laney, MD, retired as CEO of St. Joseph, Mo.-based Mosaic Life Care. 

4. John Gribbin, president and CEO of Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Healthcare System, is retiring in April. 

5. Tammy Inzina is retiring as president and CEO of Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare at the end of 2022. 

6. Timothy Charles is retiring as president and CEO of Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Mercy Medical Center at the end of the year. 

7. Barry Ostrowsky, president and CEO of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health, is retiring at the end of the year. 

8. Paul Rothman, MD, CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, is set to retire from his position, effective July 1.

9. Ron Stern, CEO of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health, is retiring March 31. 

10. Ray Leggett, president and CEO of New Bern, N.C.-based CarolinaEast Health System, is retiring in June. 

11. John Brumsted, MD, president and CEO of Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network, is retiring in September. 

12. Robin Wittenstein, CEO of Denver Health, is retiring in August. 

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