1. Renato “Val” Baciarelli was named COO of San Antonio-based CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System, effective May 23.
2. Bruce Klockars, FACHE, was named interim CEO of Saint Joseph Health System in Lexington, Ky., and senior vice president of divisional operations for parent company Catholic Health Initiatives, effective May 3.
3. Julia L. Berndt, MBA, was named CFO of Logansport (Ind.) Memorial Hospital, effective April 25.
4. Beemal Shah was named COO of Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson, Fla.
5. Benito “Ben” Alvarez, MD, was named senior vice president of medical affairs and CMO of the 511-bed Akron (Ohio) General Medical Center, part of Akron General Health System, effective July 1.
6. CEO Matt Maxfield is resigning from Brownwood (Texas) Regional Medical Center effective April 1.
7. Wayne Ferch was named president and CEO of Hanford, Calif.-based Adventist Health’s Central Valley Network.
8. CEO Joe Crossett will retire from Liberty (Mo.) Hospital effective April 29.
9. Jeannie Mollohan was named executive director of Mercy Children’s Hospital in St. Louis.
10. Rand O’Leary was named senior vice president and COO of Henry Ford Wyandotte (Mich.) Hospital, part of Henry Ford Health System.
11. John Polanowicz was named president of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, Mass., part of Boston-based Steward Health Care System.
12. Gary Lang resigned as CEO from Health Management Associates’ Pasco Regional Medical Center in Dade City, Fla., after about a year.
13. Wesley Oswald was named interim CEO of Memorial Health Care System in Fremont, Ohio, effective April 1.
14. David Proffitt resigned as president and CEO of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems’ Acadia Hospital in Bangor, Maine.
15. Kevin T. Trimble was named CEO of Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke’s Northland Hospital, effective March 11.
16. David Herman, MD, was named president of Greenville, N.C.-based University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina.
