16 recent hospital, health system executive moves

Kelly Gooch -

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system executive moves in the last week:

1. The HCA Gulf Coast Division selected Mujtaba Ali-Khan, DO, to serve as CMO.

2. Gabe Bullaro is the new CEO of West Marion Community Hospital in Ocala, Fla.

3. Estes Park (Colo.) Health selected Vern Carda as CEO, effective March 23.

4. Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tenn., named Teresa Collins, MSN, RN, CNO, effective Feb. 3.

5. Tyler-based UT Health East Texas appointed new leaders, including Tom Cummins, MD, as the system's new CMO.

6. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare named Joseph F. Eazor president and CEO of its Conifer Health Solutions revenue cycle subsidiary.

7. Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health tapped Catherine Hughes, MSN, RN, to serve as senior vice president and CNO.

8. Laurence E. Kelly is retiring as president and CEO of Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home in Gloversville, N.Y., effective Oct. 2.

9. Eric Lewis, CEO of Port Angeles, Wash.-based Olympic Medical Center, will retire May 1.

10. CommonSpirit Health CEO Kevin Lofton, who jointly leads the Chicago-based organization with CEO Lloyd Dean, is retiring from his administrative role, effective June 30.

11. Ken Reid, CEO of Carlinville (Ill.) Area Hospital, will retire Jan. 31.

12. New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals appointed three leaders, including NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens CEO Christopher Roker, to new roles, effective Feb. 24.

13. D. Christopher Sloan joined Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Wash., as COO.

14. Scott Taylor will retire as CEO of St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kan., and Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kan., effective July 1.

15. Bernard Wheatley, DBA, FACHE, is retiring as CEO of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands-based Schneider Regional Medical Center, effective Jan. 30.

16. Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare named Jason Zachariah COO.

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