1. William J. Walker, Jr., CPA, was named CEO of Memorial Hospital and Manor in Bainbridge, Ga.
2. Joyce Portela was named president of Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, Md., part of Rockville, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare.
3. Ron Girotto announced his retirement after 10 years as CEO and president of Houston-based Methodist Hospital System.
4. CEO Michael Patterson was replaced with turnaround specialist Joan Phillips at Georgetown, Ohio-based Brown County Regional HealthCARE.
5. Nancy Howell Agee was named president and CEO of Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Va., effective July 1.
6. Sherry Hausmann was named president of Wichita, Kan.-based Via Christi Hospital on St. Francis, effective May 25.
7. Eugene “Gene” A. Woods was named executive vice president and COO of Irving, Texas-based CHRISTUS Health effective no later than June 1.
8. Herbert Paris will retire as president and CEO of Mid Coast Health Services in Brunswick, Maine, and will be replaced by Lois Napier Skillings, effective July 1.
9. Phillip D. Robinson was named president of Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pa., effective March 31.
10. Alice J. Jensen was named COO of Geary Community Hospital in Junction City, Kan., effective April 1.
11. Dawn Gideon was named interim CEO of Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo, Calif., effective March 21.
12. Jamal A. Ghani was named COO of Wyoming, Mich.-based Metro Health Hospital.
