31 recent hospital, health system executive moves

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's since Feb. 10:

Editor's Note: This webpage was updated June 30 and will continue to be updated. 

June 24-30

1. Karen Tracy, RN, was named CEO of Rochelle (Ill.) Community Hospital.

2. Perry Gay is the new CEO of Lutheran Downtown Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind.

3. Michelle Lee, CFO of Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System, stepped down from the position. 

4. Andrew Storer, PhD, DNP, RN, was promoted to chief nursing officer, senior vice president of patient care services and associate professor of oncology at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.

5. Nancy Bussani was promoted to executive vice president and chief philanthropy officer, as well as president of the CommonSpirit Health Foundation, at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.

6. Shelbourn Stevens is no longer with Winston-Salem-N.C.-based Novant Health.

7. Chad Whelan, MD, was named president and COO of Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio.

8. Jill Berry Bowen, MSN, RN, was named interim president of North Conway, N.H.-based Memorial Hospital, a member of MaineHealth. 

9. Erica Shenoy, MD, PhD, was named inaugural chief of infection control at Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham.

10. Keith Gray, MD, was named president and CEO of the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. 

11. William Barrette was named CFO of Memorial Health System in Gulfport, Miss.

12. Stephanie Jackman-Havey was named CFO of Framingham, Mass.-based MetroWest Medical Center.

13. Kimberly Salazar, MD, was named chief medical officer of HCA Florida Citrus Hospital in Inverness.

14. Angela Ferebee, MD, was named board chair at Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Healthcare.

15. Richard Cuming, EdD, MSN, RN, was named COO of Wilmington, Del.-based ChristianaCare.

16. Michael DiFranco is the new interim CFO of Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System.

17. Janie Thompson was named COO of St. David's Georgetown (Texas) Hospital.

18. Alan George was named president of Newport News, Va.-based Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital.

19. Susan Vaughan, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer at North Mississippi Medical Center-Eupora.

20. Valarie McPherson, DNP, RN, was named to a dual role at Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, N.J., as its chief nursing officer and COO.

21. David Haynes, MD, was named chief patient experience officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

22. Richard Blinkhorn, MD, was named executive vice president and chief physician executive at Cleveland-based MetroHealth.

23. Dalph Watson, JD, was named executive vice president and chief people officer of Cleveland-based MetroHealth.

24. Joe Yoder was named president of Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health's Willamette Valley Region. 

25. Hossain Marandi, MD, was named system vice president of St. Louis-based SSM Health's pediatric service line and president of Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. 

26. Michelle Romano, MSN, RN, was promoted to an expanded dual role as chief nursing officer and COO of Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital in St. Louis. 

27. Judy Fox was named president and CEO of Rutland (Vt.) Regional Medical Center. 

28. Cindy Carstens, BSN, will retire as CEO of Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City, Iowa.

29. Steven Brian Dawson, MD, is leaving his role as chief medical officer of South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta. 

30. Mike Murrill was named president and CEO for AdventHealth Zephyrhills, AdventHealth Dade City and AdventHealth Connerton in Pasco County, Florida.

31. Tom Gessel was named president and CEO of Medford, Ore.-based Asante Health.

June 17-23

1. Bonnie Panlasigui is the first president of Summa Health System Hospitals, effective July 10. 

2. Robert Shappley was named COO of USC Arcadia (Calif.) Hospital.

3. Joy Moody, MSN, RN, joined Southern Maine Health Care in Biddeford as associate chief nursing officer.

4. Rachel Stauffer joined Milwaukee Regional Medical Center as its new head of finance.

5. Sun Park will assume the role of CFO at Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare in 2024.

6. Bob Wright is retiring as CEO of Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kan.

7. Teresa Watson was named president of Elizabeth City, N.C.-based Sentara Albemarle Medical Center.

8. Pam Oliver, MD, was named executive vice president and chief medical officer at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health.

9. Brian Williams was named CEO of Winner (S.D.) Regional Health.

10. Dennis Chornenky was named chief artificial intelligence adviser at UC Davis Health, based in Sacramento, Calif.

11. Lauren Smith, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer for both Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, and Saint Alphonsus Health System, which includes hospitals in Idaho and Oregon. 

12. Traci Simonsen was named chief philanthropy officer of Jupiter (Fla.) Medical Center's foundation.

13. Lauren Sligh is the new CFO of Dickson, Tenn.-based TriStar Horizon Medical Center. 

14. Darin C. Roark, BSN, was named president and COO of Dover, N.H.-based Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, part of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham.

15. Antwan Williams was named assistant vice president and COO of Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Fla.

16. John Couris, president and CEO of Florida Health Sciences Center doing business as Tampa General Hospital, accepted an offer from the board that extends the terms of his employment agreement for another 10 years. 

17. Josh Tinkle is no longer with Northern Arizona Healthcare.

18. James Park, MD, was named chief medical officer at Providence Swedish North Puget Sound in Everett, Wash.

19. Jeremy Owens is the new supply chain CEO for HCA Midwest Health, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

20. Alastair Bell, MD, was named CEO of Boston Medical Center Health System. 

21. Amanda Hoffman, PharmD, was promoted to interim CEO of Clara Barton Medical Center in Hoisington, Kan. 

22. Brian Kirk was released from the CEO role at Norton (Kan.) County Hospital after being put on administrative leave and later reinstated.

June 10-16

1. Leigh Sewell quit her role as president of Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville, Va., and Rappahannock General Hospital in Kilmarnock, Va.

2. Tiffany Murdock, DNP, MSN, resigned as CEO of Singing River Health System, which has hospitals in Ocean Springs, Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.

3. Charles Knowles, PhD, was appointed chief academic officer for Cleveland Clinic's expanding London location.

4. Richard Cohen, MD, was appointed medical director for Cleveland Clinic's expanding London location.

5. Stephen Leinenweber, MD, was named chief medical officer and executive vice president for Valhalla, N.Y.-based Blythedale Children's Hospital.

6. Judd Dawson, DO, was named CEO of Weston County Health Services in Newcastle, Wyo.

7. Scott Kashman is leaving his role as market president for St. Dominic Health Services and CEO of St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Miss. 

8. Paul Welch, MD, was named chief medical officer of Adventist Health Tillamook (Ore.).

9. Tiffany Murdock, DNP, MSN, resigned as CEO of Singing River Health System, which has hospitals in Ocean Springs, Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss. She has accepted a role as vice president and chief nursing officer for New Orleans-based Ochsner Health.

10. Floyd Chasse was named chief human resources officer of Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica.

11. Johnathan Velez, MD, was selected president of Baptist Health Louisville (Ky.).

12. Phil Okala was named system COO of Burlington, Mass.-based Tufts Medicine. 

13. Chris Hutchins was named senior vice president and chief data and analytics officer of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.

14. Carolyn Hunter was named COO of HCA Florida Aventura Hospital.

15. Mark Shen, MD, was named CEO of the Hospital at Westlake Medical Center and Arise Austin Medical Center in Austin, Texas.

16. Casey Liddy was named president of OhioHealth Berger Hospital in Circleville.

17. Mary Cassai, BSN, RN, was named executive vice president and COO of New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery.

18. Joy Coulston, CFO of Powell (Wyo.) Valley Hospital, was promoted to CEO.

19. Kathryn Cope was named COO of Biddeford-based Southern Maine Health Care.

20. John Boyd, PsyD, resigned as president and CEO of Oconomowoc, Wis.-based Rogers Behavioral Health.

21. Jim Molloy was named executive vice president, CFO and treasurer of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health.

22. Jonathan Schell was named CEO of Hillcrest Hospital Cushing (Okla.).

23. Sudandra Ratnasamy is the new CEO of Twin County Regional Healthcare, a Duke LifePoint hospital based in Galax, Va. 

24. Blake Riley was named COO of Carroll County Memorial Hospital in Carrollton, Mo.

25. Joel Keiper was named COO of McLaren Medical Group, part of Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.

26. William Chinn was selected as the new president of Penn Highlands DuBois (Pa.). 

27. Dayton Botts was named CFO of AdventHealth South Overland Park (Kan.).

28. Shon Dwyer, RN, is resigning from her role as president of Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville, Tenn. 

June 3-9

1. Brad Simmons was named the next president of UW Medicine Hospitals & Clinics and vice president for medical affairs at the University of Washington in Seattle.  

2. Elmer Polite was named president of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health's eastern division.

3. Trenton Rankin, BSN, RN, was named chief officer for the Michigan region of Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson in Iron Mountain.

4. Allison Cain, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin, Texas.

5. Sam Calabrese's last day as chief pharmacy officer of Cleveland Clinic was June 8.

6. Kristine Hanscom left her role as CFO and treasurer at South Weymouth, Mass.-based South Shore Health.

7. Danna Taylor will become interim president of the freshly formed South Arkansas Regional Hospital in El Dorado.

8. Alan Lee was promoted from COO to president of New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.

9. Matthew Timmons was named senior vice president and COO of Children's Hospital New Orleans.

10. Laureen Driscoll, MSN, RN, was named chief executive for the Providence South Division, which includes 17 hospitals in Northern and Southern California.

11. Robert March was named CEO of Morton, Wash.-based Arbor Health — also known as Lewis County Hospital District No. 1.

12. Eamonn Fitzgerald, managing director of UPMC Ireland, was named president of the European Hospital and Healthcare Federation.

13. Dane Ficco was named CEO of Broward HealthPoint and Broward Health Physician Group.

14. Win Brown, president and CEO of Gardner, Mass.-based Heywood Healthcare for the past 12 years, will be leaving the system.

15. Andrew Welcome was named COO of LewisGale Medical Center in Salem, Va.

16. Nancy May, DNP, RN, who has served as chief nurse executive at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health since 2019, will retire in December.

17. Tommi Cline, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Hillsboro (Ill.) Area Hospital.

18. Tanya Shanks-Connors, MSN, BSN, joined Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center as chief nursing officer.

19. Chad Christianson is the new president and CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's continental division.

20. Josh Tinkle, interim CEO of Northern Arizona Healthcare, was placed on administrative leave weeks before a permanent CEO was scheduled to take the helm.

21. Tom Gregorio was named senior vice president and CIO of Providence, R.I.-based Care New England.

22. Nelson Weichold was named CFO of Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital.

23. Chris Stripe was named CEO of Guthrie County (Iowa) Hospital.

24. Payam Mohadjeri joined Providence Swedish as the new North Puget Sound chief administrative officer.

25. Tracy Galvin, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.

26. Tyler Whetstine was named CIO of Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health.

27. Ben Davis left the top post at Osceola Regional Health Center in Sibley, Iowa, to helm Glencoe (Minn.) Regional Health. 

28. Andy Spicknall was named president of Harbour View Hospital, set to open in Suffolk, Va., in 2025.

29. Yolanda Johnson is the new chief market human resources strategic partner of Bon Secours St. Francis' facilities in Greenville, S.C. 

30. Lloyd Guidry Jr., PharmD, took charge of Cut Off, La.-based Lady of the Sea General Hospital June 1.

31. Ben Coogan was named CEO of Medical City Plano (Texas).

32. Todd Smith, MD, was named senior vice president and chief physician executive at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.

33. Tim Layman, DNP, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of LewisGale Montgomery Hospital in Blacksburg, Va.

34. Jeremiah Sweet was named interim CEO and president of Oneida (N.Y.) Health.

May 25-June 2

1. Chris Klay was named president and CEO of HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital in Highland, Ill. Mr. Klay will also remain president and CEO of HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital in O'Fallon, Ill.

2. Teresa Cornelius, DNP, RN, was named COO of St. Joseph's Hospital in Highland, Ill., alongside her current role as chief nursing officer.

3. Viola Sprague was named CIO of LSU Health Shreveport (La.).

4. Gregg Gibbes was named president and CEO of South Central Regional Medical Center in Laurel, Miss.

5. Nichole Geraci was named president and CEO of Kittanning. Pa.-based ACMH Hospital.

6. Heather Dixon was named CFO of Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare.

7. Marcus Jackson was named COO of Medical City Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.

8. Jennifer Montgmery, RN, was named as the first chief nursing officer for Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.

9. Emily Volk, MD, was named vice president of system pathology and laboratory services for UofL Health in Louisville, Ky. 

10. Matthew Amodeo was named executive vice president of legal affairs and chief legal officer for Englewood (N.J.) Health.

11. Darrin Cook was promoted from interim to permanent COO of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's Massachusetts market and Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass. 

12. Crystal Rodriguez-Dabney was named senior vice president and chief diversity officer for Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

13. Gregory LaFrancois was named president of Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. 

14. Darlena Chadwick, MSN, was named executive vice president and COO of the Queen's Health System in Honolulu.

15. Jim Sheets was named group president to oversee Centura Health's sites of care in Colorado and Utah.

16. Todd Huffman was named CFO of Hackensack Meridian Mountainside Medical Center in Glen Ridge, N.J., and Ardent Health Services' New Jersey market.

17. Marjorie Quint-Bouzid, DPA, BSN, RN, was named chief nurse executive of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health.

18. Melissa Frandsen, MD, was named medical director for Tulsa (Okla.) Rehabilitation Hospital.

19. Ian Cooper was named CEO of Tulsa (Okla.) Rehabilitation Hospital.

20. Martin Padgett left his role as CEO of Jeffersonville, Ind.-based Clark Memorial Health and Scottsburg, Ind.-based Scott Memorial Health. 

21. Kevin Zeng, MSN, RN, was named vice president and chief nursing officer of Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center.

22. Amy Shlossman was selected to lead Baltimore-based LifeBridge Health's Grace Medical Center and Sinai Hospital as president and COO.

23. Clifton Scott was named COO of AdventHealth Palm Coast and AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway in Florida.

24. James Castillo II, MD, was named chief medical officer of DHR Health Brownsville (Texas).

25. Danny Fischesser was named CFO of HCA Florida University Hospital in Davie.

26. Jeanell Rasmussen, RN, is stepping down as chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care at St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale, Wash.

27. April Fox, DNP, MSN, was named chief nursing officer of Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women and the Spence and Becky Wilson Baptist Children Hospital, both in Memphis, Tenn.

28. Leigh Sewell stepped down as president of Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville, Va., and Rappahannock General Hospital in Kilmarnock, Va., both belonging to Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health. 

29. Simone Parlier, MSN, was named executive director of women's services and the children's hospital at Springfield, Ill.-based St. John's Hospital. 

30. Kyle Marek was promoted from interim to permanent president and CEO of Morehead City, N.C.-based Carteret Health Care, a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. 

May 20-24

1. Derrick Frazier was named president of OSF Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac, Ill. 

2. Misty Oglesby, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Modesto, Calif.-based Doctors Medical Center. 

3. Amy Chatterton was named CFO of Dallas-based Steward Health Care's Arizona region. 

4. John Davidyock, MD, was named senior vice president and chief physician executive of UF Health Central Florida. 

5. Dan Grigg was named CEO of Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Enterprise, Ore. 

6. Chris Blair, BSN, was promoted from interim to permanent CEO of Northwest Medical Center-Bentonville (Ark.). 

7. Ben Warner, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of HCA Florida Mercy Hospital in Miami. 

8. Bryan Croft was named executive vice president and COO of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. 

9. Sanjiv Tewari, MD, was named chief medical officer of HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton. 

10. Denise Jamieson, MD, was named vice president for medical affairs at Iowa City-based University of Iowa Health Care, and dean of its Carver College of Medicine. 

11. Jeff Joyner was named president of Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge. 

12. Sam Amirfar, MD, CIO of Brooklyn (N.Y.) Hospital Center, has also been named the facility's chief medical officer.

13. Marvin O'Quinn is retiring as president and COO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit in August. 

14. Todd Burch is stepping down as president and CEO of McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. 

15. Veronica Scott-Fulton, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing executive for Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health System. 

16. Linda Tolbert, MD, was named executive medical director for the Washington Permanente Medical Group in Seattle by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente. 

May 13-19

1. Hillary Jalon was promoted to vice president of quality management for New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals.

2. Kelli Saucerman-Howard, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Cleveland Clinic Akron (Ohio) General.

3. Alisa Coleman is the new president of Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Ky.). 

4. Maureen Kahn, MSN, RN, will transition out of her role as president and CEO of Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health earlier than previously announced. 

5. Tracey Smithson, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Miss.

6. Karen Labonte, MSN, was named chief nursing officer of Searcy, Ark.-based Unity Health.

7. Nicole Templeton, BSN, RN, was named patient safety officer of University of Michigan Health in Ann Arbor.

8. Jennifer Sinclair was named CFO of the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. 

9. Kim Milstien was named executive vice president and COO of Orange, Calif.-based Children's Hospital of Orange County.

10. Jen Schuck was named CEO of Emory Decatur (Ga.) Hospital, Emory Hillandale Hospital in Lithonia, Ga., and Emory Long-Term Acute Care in Decatur.

11. Wendi Goodson-Celerin, DNP, APRN, was named senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital. 

12. Jeff Prusia was named CFO of Rome, Ga.-based AdventHealth Redmond.

13. Katie Perkins was named COO of St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas.

14. Jodi Stein, MSN, RN, was named vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer for McLaren Greater Lansing in Michigan.

15. Richard Medford, MD, was named chief medical informatics and digital health officer of Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health.

16. Samir Akach, MD, was named vice president and chief medical officer of Bay Care Health System's St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Fla.

17. Jenny Hardee, BSN, was named CEO of McLeod Health Dillon (S.C.). 

18. Ben Richaud was named CEO of Lakeview Hospital in Covington, La., now part of New Orleans-based LCMC Health.

19. Jason Cunningham was named COO of Cullman (Ala.) Regional Medical Center.

20. Steve Arner, executive vice president and COO of Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic, was promoted to president and COO of the seven-hospital health system.

21. Jared Stimpson was named CEO of Tell City, Ind.-based Perry County Memorial Hospital.

22. Jeremy Goodman, MD, was named vice president and system quality officer of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health. 

23. Travis Leach was named CEO of West Valley Medical Center in Caldwell, Idaho.

24. Rob Giorgiani was appointed CFO of Doctors Hospital of Manteca (Calif.) and Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, Calif.

25. Samuel Weller was named CEO of Renown South Meadows Medical Center and Renown Rehabilitation Hospital, both in Reno, Nev.

26. Clint Seger, MD, was promoted from interim to permanent CEO of Billings (Mont.) Clinic. 

27. Monica Hum, MD, was promoted from chief medical officer to CEO of Piedmont Rockdale Hospital in Conyers, Ga. 

28. Greg Wood is retiring as CEO of Laurinburg, N.C.-based Scotland Health.

29. Sherri Sprague, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Kent County Memorial Hospital in Warwick, R.I.

30. Reed Hammond was named CEO of HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville.

31. Darren Bass was named CEO of Saint Luke's Health System's north region.

32. Ken West was named CEO of HCA Florida JFK Hospital in Atlantis.

33. Bob Amos was named CFO of Winchester, W.Va.-based Valley Health.

34. Abhishek Dosi was named senior vice president and area manager of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's Santa Rosa service area.

May 6-12

1. Ben Harris was named CEO of HCA Florida Kendall Hospital in Miami.

2. Terry Metzger was named CFO of Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica. 

3. Alison Avendt was named president of Perrysburg (Ohio) Hospital.

4. Melora Ferren, PhD, RN, was named vice president of learning and development for Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health.

5. Doug Harcombe was selected as CEO of AdventHealth's planned Lake Nona facility in Orlando, Fla.

6. Amanda Maggard was named CEO of AdventHealth's Celebration, Fla., facility. 

7. Jeff Sanders is leaving his role as president of the MaineHealth southern region. 

8. Iliana Mora was named executive vice president and COO of Sinai Chicago.

9. Megan Brown was named chief marketing and communications officer for Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare.

10. Chris Thomson, MD, was named chief medical and transformation officer for Portland-based MaineHealth.

11. Iris Yeldell Stacker was named CEO of Greenville, Miss.-based Delta Health System.

12. Sheri Shapiro was named senior executive vice president and chief strategy officer for Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.

13. Monica Wharton was named COO and executive vice president for Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. 

14. Patrick Green was named CEO of UF Health Jacksonville (Fla.).

15. Paul Clabuesch will retire as president CEO of Harbor Beach (Mich.) Community Hospital in June.

16. Sean Benoit, MD, was named chief medical officer for HCA Florida Kendall Hospital in Miami.

17. Steve Nierman left his role as CEO of HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton.

18. Michael Ellis will retire May 26 as CEO of Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana, Texas.

19. James Syrett, MD, was named chief medical officer for Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital.

20. Jeremy Ensey resigned as CEO of St. Luke Hospital and Living Center in Marion, Kan.

21. Alanna Dames was appointed CFO of Cleveland Clinic-affiliated Ashtabula (Ohio) County Medical Center. 

22. Bryan Harris, MD, was selected by Nashville, Tenn.- Vanderbilt University Medical Center to serve as executive vice chair for clinical affairs in the department of medicine.

23. Jennifer Nickoles was named president of Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center.

24. Matt Littlejohn was named CEO of Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health's Midlands division.

25. Tanya Sharp resigned as CEO of Boone County Health Center in Albion, Neb.

April 29-May 5

1. Staaci Thompson was named executive vice president and COO of Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network.

2. Jeff Morgan was named senior vice president and CFO of Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network.

3. Tim Bricker was named president of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health's southwest division.

4. Seth Herrick was named CFO of St. David's South Austin Medical Center in Austin, Texas.

5. Chris York is the new president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

6. Keith Jones was named associate CIO of Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health.

7. Robert Patto was named vice president and chief information security officer of Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health.

8. Joel Santora, MD, is the new chief quality officer at Orlando Health St. Cloud (Fla.) Hospital. 

9. Nathan Howell was named president and CEO of Augusta-based MaineGeneral Health.

10. Heather Cherry, DNP, RN, was named vice president and chief nursing officer for Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.

11. Saba Habis, MD, was named CEO of West Hills (Calif.) Hospital.

12. David Sinclair, MD, was named chief medical officer of AdventHealth Daytona Beach (Fla.).

13. Bob Begliomini, PharmD, will serve as president of Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest campus in Allentown, Pa. He will also lead Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Health Network's Lehigh region.

14. Jim Miller, CRNA, was named president of Lehigh Valley Hospital-Muhlenberg in Bethlehem, Pa. He will also become president of Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Health Network's Northampton region.

15. Anna Gore, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer for Christus Santa Rosa Hospital in San Marcos, Texas.

16. Michael Szubski plans to retire as CFO of Cleveland-based University Hospitals in January.

17. Leslie Barnes will retire as president and CEO of Pueblo, Colo.-based Parkview Health System.

18. Stacey Klump, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer for McLaren Bay Region Hospital in Bay City, Mich.

19. Sean Fischer was named CFO of McLaren Bay Region Hospital in Bay City, Mich.

20. Kenneth Parsons, MD, was named chief medical officer for McLaren Bay Region Hospital in Bay City, Mich.

21. Anaeze Offodile, MD, was named chief strategy officer for New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

22. William Walders was named CIO of Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare.

23. Art Mathisen will resign as president of Memorial Hospital in North Conway, N.H.

24. John Hall, MD, was named chief medical officer of Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center,

25. Vickie Eaton Johnson was named chief community officer for Cleveland Clinic.

26. Richard Isaacs, MD, is set to leave Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente to join California Northstate University as the dean of its medical school. 

27. Jamil Wilcox joined HCA Florida JFK Hospital in Atlantis and HCA Florida JFK North Hospital in West Palm Beach as ethics and compliance officer.

28. Denise Needham, PharmD, was named president of Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockport, Maine, and Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, Maine.

29. William Bryant was named CFO of Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health.

30. Joon Sup Lee, MD, was named CEO of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare. 

April 22-28

1. Christopher Munton was named CEO of Wilson (N.C.) Medical Center.

2. Scott Bonderoff was named COO of Upper Allegheny Health System in Olean, N.Y.

3. Jennifer Ruggles, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Upper Allegheny Health System.

4. Al Gobeille will step down in late May as executive vice president and COO for Burlington-based University of Vermont Health Network.

5. Seth Sullivan, MD, is the new regional chief medical officer of Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health.

6. Bill Rayburn, MD, will part with the regional chief medical officer title and continue on as CMO of Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Brenham (Texas) and as an active member of the medical staff.

7. Jason Jennings will serve as president of Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center-Fort Worth (Texas) and the Baylor Scott & White Health-North Texas West Region. 

8. Geoff Christian will serve as interim president of Baylor Scott & White-College Station Region.

9. Joe Hernandez was named CFO of El Paso, Texas-based Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare.

10. David Landsberg, MD, was named chief medical officer of Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crouse Health.

11. David Cheney was named CEO of Flagstaff-based Northern Arizona Healthcare. 

12. Jessica Miley was named senior vice president and chief development officer for Children's Hospital of Orange County in Orange, Calif.

13. John Corman, MD, was named senior vice president and chief clinical officer of Cedars-Sinai's Huntington Health, based in Pasadena, Calif.

14. Tina Mammone, PhD, RN, was named chief nursing executive of Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health.

15. Darryl Elmouchi, MD, was named COO of Corewell Health, dually headquartered in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.

16. Nari Gopala was named chief digital officer of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente.

17. Eva Slavcheva, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of St. David's Georgetown (Texas) Hospital.

18. Dominica Tallarico was named executive vice president and COO of Minneapolis-based Allina Health.

19. Maidoly Martinez, MSN, RN, was named assistant chief nursing officer of HCA Florida Mercy Hospital in Miami.

20. Alicia Allen, MSN, was named vice president of nursing for CoxHealth's Springfield (Mo.) Hospital Group.

21. Jennifer Stemmler was named CIO of Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health.

22. Doug Silverstein will retire from NorthShore University HealthSystem, now part of NorthShore — Edward-Elmhurst Health.

23. Troy Greer stepped away from his role as president and CEO of Boone Health, a mid-Missouri healthcare network that includes a 392-bed hospital in Columbia.

April 15-21

1. Dominic Nakis was named interim CFO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health. 

2. Mark Rubino, MD, was named president of Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights, Pa.

3. Christopher Clark, DO, was named president of AHN Grove City (Pa.) Hospital.

4. Craig Johnson was named executive vice president and COO of Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine. 

5. Sara Dodds was named president of BayCare's St. Joseph's Hospital-North in Lutz, Fla. 

6. Leonard Stepp Jr. was named president and CEO of Ashtabula, Ohio-based ACMC Healthcare System, an affiliate of Cleveland Clinic.

7. Barbara Rossman, BSN, CEO of Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Clinton Township, Mich., will retire in June.

8. Walter Bennett III was named CEO of MUSC Health Orangeburg (S.C.).

9. Amanda Lass, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Greene County Medical Center in Jefferson, Iowa.

10. Cindy Wesley, RN, was named market chief nursing officer for Winchester, Ky.-based Clark Regional Medical Center and Paris, Ky.-based Bourbon Community Hospital.

11. Tim Prestridge will transition into a new role as president of Mercy Health-Clermont in Batavia, Ohio.

12. Jyric Sims, PhD, was named president of Nashville,Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare's West Florida division.

13. Tammy Buyok was named president of MultiCare Yakima (Wash.) Memorial Hospital.

14. Conrad Band was named CIO and senior vice president of Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

15. Michael Gentry was named CEO of Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Health.

16. Marty Winn will take on the CFO role at Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, Ga., in addition to his existing responsibilities.

17. Ty Burgess was named CEO of Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Plano (Texas). 

18. Sean Dardeau is the new CEO of Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas.

19. Connie Malave Branyan was named chief strategy officer for Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's Massachusetts market. 

20. Bob Sutton will step down as president and CEO of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health for health reasons.

April 8-14

1. Brian Dean, CFO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, will leave the health system for a similar role at a Houston-based aviation company.

2. Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinics promoted Chetan Aher, MD, to associate chief of staff for adult ambulatory services for Davidson County and associate chief medical officer for adult ambulatory clinics, effective July 1.

3. Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinics promoted Arna Banerjee, MD, to executive medical director of the Critical Care Clinical Services Center.

4. Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinics promoted Gregory Polkowski, MD, to associate chief of staff for perioperative services.

5. James McLain was named executive director for Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee.

6. Nathan Deal, MD, was named chief medical officer of both HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake and HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland in Texas.

7. Kayleen Lee will continue to serve as the CEO of Avera St. Anthony's Hospital in O'Neill, Neb.

8. Micah Johnson, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Baptist Health Medical Center-Conway (Ark.).

9. Fred Valtairo, BSN, RN, was named CEO of Placentia-Linda (Calif.) Hospital.

10. Micheal Alexander was promoted to CEO of Hillsboro (Ill.) Area Hospital. 

11. Saul Weingart, MD, PhD, president of Rhode Island Hospital and Hasbro Children's Hospital, left Lifespan as the organization restructures leadership. More information about the restructuring is available here.

12. Scott Klein, MD, was named president and CEO of Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital in Baltimore.

13. Nicole Garlinghouse was named CFO of HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital.

14. Jeff Noblin is the new president of Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway, Maine, and Western Maine Health, its parent organization. 

15. Ana Almeda, MD, was named chief medical officer of Edinburg, Texas-based Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley.

16. Pablo Velez, PhD, RN, was named CEO of El Centro (Calif.) Regional Medical Center, an affiliate of UC San Diego Health.

17. Lisa Dolan, MSN, RN, was promoted to senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services.

18. Rebecca Kirkham was promoted to chief communications officer at Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services.

19. Mike Matthews was named president of Ardent Physician Services. 

20. David Schultz was appointed president of Ardent's New Mexico market.

21. Reed Smith was promoted to the newly created role of chief consumer officer for Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services.

22. Kelly Johnson, PnD, RN, was named senior vice president and chief nursing officer of Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

23. Mike Geeslin, president and CEO of Austin, Texas-based Central Health, plans to depart Travis County's healthcare district by year's end.

24. David Schultz was named president and CEO of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System.

25. Lindsey Colangelo, MSN, RN, was named the chief nursing officer of Cleveland-based University Hospitals' Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood (Ohio).

26. Danielle Sindelar, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer for Cleveland-based University Hospitals' Beachwood and TriPoint medical centers.

27. Anthony Stachnik, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Cleveland-based University Hospitals' Lake West facility.

28. Cristen Brandsma, BSN, RN, was named chief operating officer and chief nursing officer for two hospitals belonging to Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare. 

29. Michael Charlton was named interim president and CEO of Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare. 

30. Paul Hancock, MD, MBA, was named CEO of Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

31. Joseph Ronsivalle, DO, was named president of Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic's medical group.

32. Jason Fish, MD, was named CEO of New Haven, Conn.-based Yale Health.

33. Nicholas Barcellona was named senior vice president of finance and CFO of Morgantown, W.Va.-based West Virginia University Health System.

34. Jason Rice, DO, was named ambulatory chief medical officer for Lexington, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare.

35. Jamie Yoo was named CEO of Los Angeles-based CHA Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center.

36. Brian Chesebro, MD, was named medical director of environmental stewardship at Renton, Wash.-based Providence.

April 1-7

1. John Carpten, PhD, was named director of the comprehensive cancer center, director of Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope and chief scientific officer for Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope.

2. Jennifer Broadus, BSN, RN, was named vice president of patient services for Samaritan Albany (Ore.) General Hospital.

3. Lynn Buskill, COO of John C. Fremont Healthcare District in Mariposa, Calif., became the hospital's interim CEO.

4. Tom Clancy, PhD, RN, was named president and CEO of Mercy Iowa City (Iowa).

5. Wally De Aquino was named president and CEO of AdventHealth Palm Coast (Fla.) Parkway, a new hospital under construction. 

6. Brian Herwig, CEO of Perry County Memorial Hospital in Tell City, Ind., retired.

7. Rachel Gilbert, BSN, MSN, was promoted to vice president and chief nursing officer of Mountain Home, Ark.-based Baxter Health.

8. Brian Barnett was promoted to vice president of physician enterprise and business development for Mountain Home, Ark.-based Baxter Health.

9. Tobias Puglsey is the new vice president of marketing and communications for Mountain Home, Ark.-based Baxter Health.

10. Angela Brandt is Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica's new chief administrative officer. 

11. Justin Skiver was promoted to president of ProMedica Senior Care.

12. Luke Pile was promoted from senior vice president of ProMedica skilled nursing to COO of ProMedica Senior Care.

13. Ryan Rohman, BSN, MSN, was named interim president of Longs Peak Hospital in Longmont, Colo., and Broomfield (Colo.) Hospital.

14. Elizabeth Ryan was named chair of Mullica Hill, N.J.-based Inspira Health's board of trustees.

15. Chris Cosby was named CEO of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Parkridge Health System, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. 

16. Philip Minden was promoted to president of St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Fla., part of Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare.

17. Donnica Austin-Cathey was named chief executive of John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County in Chicago.

18. B. Konard Jones, president and CEO of Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health, will retire Dec. 31.

19. Maria Hamilton will serve as interim chief quality officer of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center.

20. Robert Harbaugh, MD, senior vice president of Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center academic practice, was named interim chief medical officer.

21. Katharine Woods, DO, was named chief medical officer of Cranston, R.I.-based Eleanor Slater Hospital.

22. Joseph Tolentino, DNP, BSN, was named COO of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's Orange County service area.

23. Brian Ulery was named CEO of Saint Clare's Health in Denville, N.J., part of Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare.

24. Kathy O'Grady, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Riverside Healthcare in Kankakee, Ill.

25. Scott Evans, PharmD, was appointed as the new market chief executive officer for San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare Regional Hospitals.

26. Sebastian Strom, MD, was named CEO of HCA Florida Largo Hospital, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. 

March 24-31

1. Ahmad Sharif, MD, was named system medical director of clinical informatics at Irving, Texas-based Christus Health.

2. Mark Sevco was named senior vice president and COO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.

3. Dave Hyatt was named president and CEO of Noblesville, Ind.-based Riverview Health.

4. Stephen Bowerman was named president and CEO of Midland (Texas) Health.

5. Mark Sevco was named senior vice president and COO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.

6. Bruce Viessman, vice president of operations for the Sanford Health Fargo (N.D.) network, will retire March 31.

7. Ronald Place, MD, was named regional president and CEO of Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., the flagship facility of Avera Health System.

8. Crystal Hayden, DNP, RN, was named president and CEO of Kinston-based University of North Carolina Health Lenoir.

9. Tonya Goodin, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Fort Logan Hospital in Stanford, Ky., and James B. Haggin Hospital in Harrodsburg, Ky. 

10. Robert Lorenz, MD, was named president of Cleveland Clinic London.

11. Anthony Frank, Phoenix-based Banner Health's interim CFO, left the system to pursue a new role in New York.

12. Robert Alphin, MD, was named chief medical officer of HCA Healthcare's LewisGale Medical Center in Salem, Va. 

13. Julie Covault was appointed COO of Sidney, Ohio-based Wilson Health.

14. Jean Eckert was named CFO of Sidney, Ohio-based Wilson Health.

15. Gregg Olson will retire March 31 as CEO of Rochelle (Ill.) Community Hospital.

16. Quentin Whitwell was named CEO of Thomasville (Ala.) Regional Medical Center.

17. Tanner Wealand was named CFO of McPherson (Kan.) Center.

18. Lori Rakes, RN, was named CEO of Piedmont Cartersville (Ga.) Medical Center.

19. Cormac Maher, MD, was named chief of pediatric neurosurgery for Stanford Medicine Children's Health in Palo Alto, Calif.

20. Jon Sendach was named deputy regional executive director for New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health's central region.

21. Claire Chitwood was tapped as divisional COO overseeing Ochsner Health's Ochsner Medical Center-North Shore and Slidell Memorial Hospital, both based in Slidell, La.

22. Stefanie Beavers, DNP, RN, was named inaugural chief nurse executive of Oklahoma City-based OU Health.

23. Lara Khouri was named executive vice president and COO of Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

24. Kevin Speer was tapped to lead Indianapolis-based Ascension St. Vincent.

25. Keith Vollstedt, MD, was named chief medical officer of West Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne's Western Iowa division.  

26. Archie Drake, BSN, was named CEO of Detroit-based Children's Hospital of Michigan.

27. Justin Brandt, MD, was named director of the division of maternal-fetal medicine in New York City-based NYU Grossman School of Medicine's department of obstetrics and gynecology.

28. Kris McCarty was named president of Sparrow Clinton Hospital in St. Johns, Mich.

29. Brenda Carlisle was named CEO of UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Ala.

30. Susan Jennings was named CFO of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System.

31. Yatin Vyas, MD, was named vice president and physician leader for Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health Children's services.

32. Mitch Winnik was tapped to lead Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's Downey service area in Southern California. 

33. Garett May is leaving his role as CEO of Merit Health Natchez (Miss.) for a new role within Community Health Systems, the hospital's parent company.

34. Jonathan Nalli, who serves as CEO and ministry market executive of Indianapolis-based Ascension St. Vincent and senior vice president with St. Louis-based Ascension, will be leaving his role.

35. Aharon (Ari) Sareli, MD, was named chief medical officer of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System.

36. Holly Neville, MD, was named associate chief medical officer of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System.

March 18-23

1. Lonnie Cramer was named president and CEO of Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth's hospitals in the Pikes Peak region.

2. Esther Kwon was named CEO of Methodist Hospital Texsan in San Antonio.

3. Adnan Munkarah, MD, executive vice president and chief clinical officer of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health, will serve as chief clinical officer and president, care delivery system.

4. Robin Damschroder was named executive vice president and chief financial and business development officer of Henry Ford Health.

5. Steven Kalkanis, MD, will serve as CEO of Detroit-based Henry Ford Hospital, in addition to his current role as CEO of the Henry Ford Medical Group.

6. Denise Brooks-Williams, senior vice president and CEO of market operations at Henry Ford Health, was named executive vice president and CEO of care delivery system operations. 

7. Perry Gay resigned as president and CEO of Logansport (Ind.) Memorial Hospital.

8. Matko Vranjes, COO of Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital, was named interim CEO of the organization.

9. Michelle Riley-Brown was named president and CEO of Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C.

10. Thresa Hardy, DNP, MSN, was named chief nursing officer and COO of UNC Health Rockingham in Eden, N.C.

11. Christine Martinez, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Laredo (Texas) Medical Center.

12. Erika Skula was named president and CEO of AdventHealth Ocala (Fla.).

13. Joe Johnson was named president and CEO of AdventHealth Carrollwood in Tampa.

14. Stanley Fiel, MD, was named chief medical officer of Morristown (N.J.)  Medical Center, part of Atlantic Health System. 

15. Donna Peters was named senior vice president and CIO of Cincinnati-based TriHealth.

16. Stonish Pierce was named president and CEO of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health's Georgia Region, which includes Athens, Ga.-based St. Mary's Health Care System and Mercy Care in Atlanta.

17. Dawn Unruh, MSN, RN, was named CEO of Meade, Kan.-based Artesian Valley Health System.

18. Robert (Rob) Fields, MD, was named executive vice president and chief clinical officer of Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health.

19. Mark Rosenblatt, MD, PhD, is set to serve as interim CEO of Chicago-based University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics.

20. Kimberly Boynton stepped down as president and CEO of Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crouse Health.

21. Adam Popp was named CFO of Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health.

March 13-17

1. James Benedict, COO of Allegheny Health Network, was named president of the Pittsburgh-based health system.

2. Brad Membel was named CFO of Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth's Oregon network.

3. LuAnn Brady was named senior vice president and COO of Easton, Md.-based UM Shore Regional Health. 

4. Deidre Griffith was named vice president of community health improvement for St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare.

5. Barbara Nichols, RN, is retiring as CEO of Corry (Pa.) Memorial Hospital after 23 years in the role.

6. Vanessa Carroll, MD, was tapped to oversee quality and standards of care for Tacoma, Wash.-based Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Network's hospital.

7. Barbara Thompson, MD, was promoted to overseeing standards for Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital and Health Network's full network of pediatric clinics.

8. Kathy Donovan, MSN, RN, started her new role as COO of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System.

9. Terry Brown will retire as CFO of HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital in Port St. Lucie.

10. Kerin Adelson, MD, was named chief quality and value officer at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.  

11. Jonathan Schiller was named president and CEO of Middletown, N.Y.-based Garnet Health.

12. Carolyn Kloek, MD, was selected as the inaugural chief medical officer of Oklahoma City-based OU Health.

13. Fazleomar Mahmood, MD, was named chief medical officer of Chelsea (Mich.) Hospital.

14. Drew Keesbury was appointed CFO of St. Joseph, Mo.-based Mosaic Life Care.

15. Michael Zenn is set to step down as CEO of Chicago-based University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics in May and move into the new role of senior advisor for enterprise strategic initiatives within the university's office of the vice chancellor for health affairs.

16. Ann Bishop, MSN, RN, was promoted to CEO/administrator of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County in New Albany, Miss., and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville (Miss.). She will also remain  administrator of Baptist's cancer service line.

17. Chris Anderson, formerly vice president of operations for Mississippi, will be promoted to vice president of operations for Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care's metro market.

18. James Grantham, CEO/administrator of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Union County, and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Booneville, was promoted to vice president of operations for the Baptist Memorial Health Care's Mississippi market. 

19. Brad Parsons, vice president and CEO of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, will be promoted to vice president of operations for Baptist Memorial Health Care's West Tennessee and Arkansas markets.

20. Derick Ziegler, vice president of affiliate integration and West Tennessee operations, will be promoted to vice president and chief transformation officer, a newly created role for Baptist Memorial Health Care.

21. Paul Cade was named CEO/administrator of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.

22. Robert Coleman was tapped as CEO/administrator of Baptist Golden Triangle in Columbus, Miss. 

23. Mac Flynt was promoted to CEO/administrator of Baptist Attala in Kosciusko, Miss., and Baptist Yazoo in Yazoo City, Miss.

24. Brian Welton was named CEO/administrator of Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi in Oxford. 

25. Samuel Pieh was promoted to CEO/administrator of Baptist Crittenden in West Memphis, Ark.

26. Steven Travers, PhD, was named vice president and CIO of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health.

27. William Pelino was named senior vice president and CFO of Mullica Hill, N.J.-based Inspira Health.

28. William Plauth, MD, was named Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health's new chief medical officer.

29. Jed Liuzza was named interim chief human resources officer of Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Health System.

30. Varsha Moudgal, MD, was named chief medical officer and vice president of medical affairs for McLaren Flint (Mich.).

31. Maralyn Militello, BSN, RN, was named CEO of Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport, N.Y.

32. Scott Johnson was named chief strategy officer of St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo.

March 4-10

1. Aaron Thorne, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, Calif.

2. Lori Price, RN, was named president and CEO of Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Health's central Indiana region.

3. Tom Frank was named CEO of North Country Hospital in Newport, Vt.

4. Tom Garthwaite was named president of Winter Haven (Fla.) Hospital and Winter Haven Women's Hospital. 

5. Michael Wiggins was selected as the new president of Austin, Texas-based Dell Children's, part of St. Louis-based Ascension's Texas operations.

6. Nancy DiLiegro, PhD, was named president and CEO of Trinitas Regional Medical Center in Elizabeth, N.J., part of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.

7. Shannon Downing was promoted to chief strategy officer for Tenet Health Central Coast, part of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare.

8. Andrew Moore, MD, was named chief medical officer of HCA Healthcare's Gulf Coast Division in Houston. 

9. Lorna Gober, MD, was named chief medical officer of Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth's Northwest network.

10. Russ Williams was named senior vice president of Texas Children's Hospital's North Austin campus.

11. Amber Williams was named CEO of Liberal, Kan.-based Southwest Medical Center. 

12. Laura Wilt was named senior vice president and chief digital officer for Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.

13. Caitlin Miller, BSN, RN, was promoted to president and chief hospital executive at Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, N.J.

14. Guy Hudson, MD, will be stepping down as CEO of Seattle-based Swedish Health Services and chief executive of Renton, Wash.-based Providence's north division.

15. Lori Herndon, BSN, RN, plans to retire as president and CEO of Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare. 

16. David Bunch was named CEO of Beckley, W.Va.-based Raleigh General Hospital.

17. Barbara Sergio was named president of MaineHealth's Farmington-based Franklin Community Health Network.

18. Cynthia Barginere, DNP, RN, was named senior vice president and president of adult services for San Francisco-based UCSF Health.

19. Timothy Kan was named senior vice president and chief strategy officer for San Francisco-based UCSF Health.

20. Stacey-Ann Okoth, DNP, was named senior vice president and associate chief nursing officer at Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health. 

21. Alistair Erskine, MD, was named chief information and digital officer at Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.

22. Craig Gilliland was named vice president of financial services and CFO of Batesville, Ind.-based Margaret Mary Health.

23. Amy Rich, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center.

24. Jay Finnegan is retiring as CEO of HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital in Port St. Lucie, Fla., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

25. Tim McDermott was named CIO of Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center.

26. Deborah Wilson, CEO of Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital, is retiring in May.

27. Ikenna (Ike) Mmeje was named president and CEO of USC Arcadia (Calif.) Hospital.

28. Julie Wittwer was named CFO of Savannah, Ga.-based Optim Health System.

29. Lucretia Stargell was named senior vice president of Lewiston-based Central Maine Healthcare's enterprise and president of its hospitals in Rumford and Bridgton. 

30. Dillon Rai was named COO of Medical City Arlington (Texas).

31. Blake Watts was named CEO of Monroe, Ga.-based Piedmont Walton Hospital.

32. Jordan Fulkerson was named CFO of HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital.

Feb. 24-March 3

1. Anita Toussi, MD, PhD, was named chief medical officer for Centura Health's St. Catherine Hospitals in southwest Kansas. 

2. Emily Fondahn, MD, was named chief quality officer of Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care.

3. Katie Bruels, DNP, MSN, RN, was named COO of Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.

4. Rand O'Leary will be stepping down as president of Bangor-based Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center.

5. Marie Mulligan, PhD, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Huntington (N.Y.) Hospital, part of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.

6. Lori Feltner, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Parkridge East Hospital in East Ridge, Tenn. 

7. Andrea Augst was named vice president of human resources for HCA Florida JFK North Hospital in West Palm Beach.

8. Maurice "Mel" Lagarde III was named chief strategy and growth officer for New Orleans-based LCMC Health. 

9. Craig Richmond resigned as CFO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth.

10. Elizabeth "Betty" Sheridan, RN, retired as chief administrative officer for Inspira Medical Center Elmer (N.J.) and Vineland (N.J.).

11. Alon Weizer, MD, was named chief medical officer and senior vice president of Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla.

12. Jennifer Stoeke, MSN, BSN, was named assistant vice president and chief nursing officer of Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Fla.

13. Ryan Boxill, PhD, was named executive vice president and COO of East Boston (Mass.) Neighborhood Health Center.

14. Susan Moffatt-Bruce, MD, PhD, was named president of Burlington, Mass.-based Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.

15. Michael Weiner, DO, was named chief medical officer for East Lansing, Mich.-based MSU Health Care.

16. Steve Gordon, MD, was named president and CEO of Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System.

17. Katie Ensign was named vice president of community investment and impact for Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health.

18. Gene Ma, MD, was named interim president and CEO of Oceanside, Calif.-based Tri-City Healthcare District.

19. Daniel Carey, MD, was named president of Corewell Health's Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.).

20. Matt Johnson was named CEO of Sac City, Iowa-based Loring Hospital. 

21. Mark Foote resigned as CFO of Mariposa, Calif.-based John C. Fremont Hospital.

22. Marion McGowan was named senior vice president and COO of Pittsburgh-based St. Clair Health. 

23. Tamara Ceseña was named regional vice president and CFO of Mount Vernon, Wash.-based Skagit Regional Health.

24. Thomas Owens, MD, was selected as executive vice president and COO of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System.

25. Christian Bartholomew was named chief human resources officer for Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's Massachusetts market and Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass.

26. Angela Roberts will serve as site administrator of St. Elizabeth Dearborn Hospital in Lawrenceburg, Ind.

27. Kevin Gessner was named site administrator of St. Elizabeth Ft. Thomas (Ky.) Hospital and Covington (Ky.) Hospital. 

28. Buffy Key was named interim CEO of Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center.

29. Randy Dodd was named CEO of Tulare (Calif.) County Health District.

30. Alexander Gumiroff, MD, was named chief medical officer of HCA Florida Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee.

31. Joseph "Jody" White will retire later this year as CEO of Lowell (Mass.) General Hospital.

32. Kelly Hilsenbeck, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Waverly (Iowa) Health Center.

Feb. 20-23

1. Brent Rosson, MD, was named chief of staff at Harrison-based North Arkansas Regional Medical Center for 2023. 

2. Michele Sinopoli, MD, was named chief medical officer for Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, Mass., both part of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare.

3. Ashley Thurow was named vice president of finance at St. Mary's Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colo. 

4. Benjamin Mathew was tapped by Raleigh, N.C.-based UNC Health Rex as CFO and vice president of theTriangle East region, which includes hospitals and clinics operated both by UNC Health Rex and UNC Health Johnston.

5. MaryEllen Kosturko, DNP,  RN, is executive vice president and chief nursing officer for Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare.

6. Amanda Shelast was named president of Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson in Iron Mountain, Mich.

7. Nathan Staggs was selected as the next CEO of Coupeville, Wash.-based WhidbeyHealth.

8. Kelly Tomaszewski was named community president of Manistee (Mich.) Hospital and Paul Oliver Memorial Hospital in Frankfort, Mich.

9. Jason Rounds was selected as the new president and CEO of San Juan Regional Medical Center in Farmington, N.M.

10. Darren DeSimone, BSN, RN, was selected as chief nursing officer of HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood.

Feb. 10-17

1. Jennifer Bollinger was named senior vice president and chief consumer and brand officer for Sacramento-Calif.-based Sutter Health.

2. Scott Kelly, president and CEO of Medford, Ore.-based Asante Health, retired. 

3. Eric Strucko, PhD, was selected as Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine's next CFO.

4. Cara Beatty, MD, was selected as Providence Clinical Network chief executive for Eastern Washington and Montana.

5. Brian Canfield was appointed CEO of Quincy, Ill.-based Blessing Health System.

6. Bruce Whitfield was named CEO of Livingston (Mont.) HealthCare, an affiliate of Billings (Mont.) Clinic.

7. Michael Hartke is the new president of Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Northwest Community Healthcare.

8. Lloyd Guidry Jr., PharmD, was selected as the next CEO of Galliano, La.-based Lady of the Sea General Hospital.

9. Chaudron Carter Short, PhD, EdD, RN, was named Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System's chief nursing executive.

10. Dr. Octavio Ramilo was appointed chair of the department of infectious diseases at Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

11. John Mordach was named executive vice president and CFO of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health.

12. Steve Johnson is retiring as president and CEO of Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First.

13. Dara Mize, MD, was named chief medical information officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

14. Ric Ransom was named CEO of Columbia, Mo.-based MU Health Care.

15. Bradley Talbert, president and CEO of HCA Florida Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, accepted a new role as CEO of Memorial Health-Savannah (Ga.).

16. Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, was selected to serve as chief of the department of pediatrics for Boston Children's Hospital.

17. Gina Yost, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Harrisonburg, Va.-based Sentara RMH Medical Center.

18. Sharmila Makhija, MD, was selected as founding dean and CEO for Alice L. Walton Medical School — founded by Alice Walton, daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton.

19. Cyril Bethala, MD, was selected to serve a one-year term as chief of staff and medical staff president for Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital.

20. Robyn Morrissey was named chief strategy officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas.

21. Ruth Portacci was named vice president of joint ventures and chief integration officer for Nashville, Tenn.-based Ascension Saint Thomas.

22. Nancy Doolittle, DNP, RN, was named the inaugural chief nursing officer of UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital, set to open in 2024.

23. Jeremy Viles, DNP, RN, was named COO of UT Health San Antonio Multispecialty and Research Hospital, set to open in 2024.

24. Andy Witty was named human resources director for Framingham, Mass.-based MetroWest Medical Center.

25. Susan Browning was named president of Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and western regional president for its parent company, Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health. 

26. Damon Barrett was named COO of HCA Florida JFK Hospital in Atlantis.



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