23 recent CMO, CNO moves

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Over the past month, Becker’s has covered 23 chief medical and chief nursing offer appointments, retirements and promotions.

Editor’s note: This is not an exhaustive list and begins with the most recent appointment. 

  1. Laurie Athans, DNP, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of Golisano Children’s Hospital in Rochester, N.Y.
  1. Patrick I. Okolo III, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Sonoma (Calif.) Valley Hospital. 
  1. Hot Springs, Ark.-based National Park Medical Center appointed Nichole Reed, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer.
  1. Robert Harbaugh, MD, will step down from his role as chief medical officer of Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa., on Nov. 1.
  1. Nicholas Wells, MD, was named chief medical officer at two facilities: Calhoun, Ga.-based AdventHealth Gordon and Chatsworth, Ga.-based AdventHealth Murray. 
  1. Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has named Justin Reisenauer, MD, chief medical officer for its Bismarck region in North Carolina, effective Nov. 1.
  1. Nancy Blake, PhD, MSN, RN, is retiring from her role as chief nursing officer of Los Angeles General Medical Center.
  2. HCA Florida Largo Hospital named Kapil Mehta, MD, chief medical officer.
  1. Taunton, Mass.-based Morton Hospital named Jill O’Brien, MD, chief medical officer and medical director of hospital medicine.
  1. Angie Long, DNP, MSN, has been named senior vice president and chief nursing officer of Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.
  1. Susan Beaty, MSN, RN, was promoted to chief nursing officer of Pinehurst, N.C.-based FirstHealth. 
  1. Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai named Ravi Thadhani, MD, executive vice president of clinical affairs and chief medical officer for the system and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
  1. HCA Midwest Health has named Lowell Ebersole, DO, chief medical officer of Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo. 
  1. Tresa Kruis, MSN, RN, has been named vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer for Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Mich.
  1. West Palm Beach, Fla.-based St. Mary’s Medical Center named Netonua Reyes, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer.
  1. Suzan Dolezal, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health Wiregrass Ranch in Wesley Chapel. 
  1. St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare has named Cassie Dike, DNP, RN, as chief nursing executive.
  1. Missoula-based Providence Montana Service Area named Daniel Spoon, MD, chief medical officer.
  1. Michael Lynch, MD, has been named president and CEO of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, N.H. He previously served as CMO. 
  1. Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center named Celeste Brizzee, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer.
  1. Dalton, Ga.-based Hamilton Medical Center, part of Vitruvian Health, named Ricardo Perez, DO, chief medical officer.
  1. Minneapolis-based Abbott Northwestern Hospital, part of Allina Health, has named Steven Dickson, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer.
  1. Detroit-based Karmanos Cancer Hospital named Kathleen Fedoronko, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services.
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