1. Barry Keel, CEO of Bay Medical Center Sacred Heart Health System in Panama City, Fla., will step down from his role in January.
2. Regional Medical Center in Anniston, Ala., promoted its CFO, Louis Bass, CPA, to CEO, effective Dec. 18.
3. Richard Cordova, president and CEO of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, announced his plans to retire.
4. Lucinda Bradley, MHA, was named interim CEO at Taos (N.M.) Health Systems.
5. Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based SoutheastHEALTH system named Kenneth W. Bateman as president and CEO.
6. Tim Stover, MD, president and CEO of Akron (Ohio) General Health System, will remain at the helm of the organization through 2017.
7. Chad M. Grant was appointed president and CEO of McLaren Oakland in Pontiac, Mich., a subsidiary of Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.
8. Wayne Allen, who has been serving as interim CEO and CFO of Mendocino Coast District Hospital in Fort Bragg, Calif., for the last three years, retired. James Sato and Steve Miller will become interim CEO and CFO, respectively.
9. Edward J. Kelly, president of Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center, will add CEO to his title Jan 1, 2016.
10. Great Plains Health in North Platte, Neb., appointed Mel McNea, MHA, as CEO, effective immediately.
11. Elbert Memorial Hospital in Elberton, Ga., appointed Brandon Clary as CEO beginning Jan. 5, 2015.
12. Bridgeport, W.V.-based United Hospital Center named its current COO, Michael Tillman, as the hospital’s new CEO, effective April 4, 2015.
