The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
1. Lifespan, based in Providence, R.I., extended President and CEO George Vecchione‘s contract through Dec. 31, 2012.
2. Trinity Hospital Twin City in Dennison, Ohio, named Joseph J. Mitchell the new president, effective Nov. 28.
3. Robert B. Hill announced his retirement as president and CEO of Bethesda Healthcare System, based in Boynton Beach, Fla.
4. The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, based in Juneau, Alaska, hired longtime healthcare executive Susan B. Labus as its COO.
5. Vista Health System, based in Waukegan, Ill., appointed Pamela German Hill CFO.
6. HealthEast Care System, based in St. Paul, Minn., named Kathryn Correia as the new president and CEO.
7. John Wiest, COO of Lee Memorial Health System in Fort Myers, Fla., stepped down from his post.
8. Kim Moore was appointed the president and CEO of Saint Elizabeth Regional Medical Center in Lincoln, Neb.
9. Anthony A. Scaduto, MD, was named interim president and CEO of Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital.
10. SSM Health Care – St. Louis named Robert William Hoefer president of SSM St. Clare Health Center in Fenton, Mo.
11. Executive Director and CEO Peter V. Resnick of Dearborn County Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Ind., announced his plans to retire, effective May 2012.
12. Gary W. Jordan was named CEO of Wright Memorial Hospital in Trenton, Mo.
13. William C. VanNess, II, MD, announced plans to retire from his role as president and CEO of Community Hospital Anderson (Ind.), effective Dec. 31, 2012.
14. Jeremy Biggs, president of Mercy Medical Center North in Powell, Tenn., was named vice president of operations for Covenant Health, based in Knoxville, Tenn.
