28 latest hospital, health system executive moves

Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following hospital and health system executive moves in the last week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.  

1. Byron Quinton, president and CEO of Clarion (Pa.) Hospital, is retiring at the end of October.

2. Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare appointed Monica Wharton chief legal officer.

3. Philip A. Clayton, president and CEO of Conway (S.C.) Medical Center, is retiring, effective Dec. 31.

4. Sacred Heart Hospital Pensacola (Fla.) hired Terrie L. Fontenot, RN, as its new chief nursing officer.

5. Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Healthcare selected Maurice Bastarache to serve as CIO.

6. Children's Hospital in New Orleans appointed John R. Nickens IV president and CEO, effective Nov. 1.

7. El Paso (Texas) Children's Hospital named Cindy A. Stout, DNP, CEO.

8. Holyoke (Mass.) Medical Center named Colleen Desai, MSN, chief nursing officer.

9. Philadelphia-based Einstein Healthcare Network tapped Gerard F. Blaney to serve as its permanent CFO.

10. Seattle-based University of Washington Medicine named Joy Grosser its CIO, effective Nov. 1.

11. Poplar Springs Hospital in Petersburg, Va., selected Stephen Reider, MSN, as its new CEO.

12. Tri-Cities Community Health in Pasco, Wash., appointed Jim Davis CEO, effective in January 2018.

13. St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare named Richard Liekweg president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

14. Venice (Fla.) Regional Bayfront Health selected Dawn Beljin, BSN, RN, to serve as chief nursing officer.

15. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia named Nassar Nizami CIO.

16. PeaceHealth Ketchikan (Alaska) Medical Center named Edward Freysinger chief administrative officer.

17. Children's Hospital Los Angeles appointed Alexandra Carter senior vice president and chief development officer.

18. Kim Keene, interim CEO of St. Bernard Parish Hospital in Chalmette, La., will assume the post permanently Nov. 5.

19. Helena, Mont.-based St. Peter's Hospital hired Shelly Harkins, MD, to serve as CMO.

20. UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, appointed Mark Funderburk president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

21. Houston-based Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center selected Naman Mahajan to lead as permanent CEO, effective immediately.

22. Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center in Panama City, Fla., appointed Brian Pinelle, BSN, MSN, chief nursing officer.

23. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio nominated Mitchell Katz, MD, to serve as president and CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest public health system in the nation.

24. Paris (Texas) Regional Medical Center selected Scott Avery as its new COO.

25. PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center in Florence, Ore., appointed Jason Hawkins chief administrative officer, effective Oct. 30.

26. Franklin County Medical Center in Preston, Idaho, selected Darin Dransfield to serve as CEO, effective in mid-October.

27. Norwalk, Ohio-based Fisher-Titus Medical Center President and CEO Lorna Strayer is retiring in 2018.

28. Manassas, Va.-based Novant Health UVA Health System named Greg Napps president of Prince William Medical Center in Manassas, Va., and Haymarket (Va.) Medical Center.

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