Over the past five weeks, health systems and hospitals have appointed 28 clinical executives, and C-suite leaders at St. Louis-based Ascension and Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Health System have left their roles.
Editor’s note: This list is not comprehensive.
Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth named David May, MD, senior vice president and chief physician executive. Dr. May previously served as chief clinical officer for the eastern region of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health.
Adventist HealthCare, based in Gaithersburg, Md., named Ryan Tyner, MD, its physician enterprise president, to also serve as system chief physician executive.
Newburyport, Mass.-based Anna Jaques Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, named Alison Sekelsky, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer.
St. Louis-based Ascension named Kelly Nolan, BSN, as its chief nursing officer and administrator of Ascension St. Vincent Warrick in Boonville, Ind.
Emplify Health, based in Green Bay and La Crosse, Wis., named Sharla Baenen, MSN, RN, chief quality officer.
Manchester, Iowa-based Regional Medical Center named Nicole Salow, MD, its inaugural chief medical officer.
Mitesh Patel, MD, vice president and chief clinical transformation officer at St. Louis-based Ascension, left the health system after five years.
After more than five years in senior leadership roles at Walmart, Pravene Nath, MD, joined San Diego and Orange, Calif.-based Rady Children’s Health as executive vice president and chief innovation and physician executive.
Wausau, Wis.-based North Central Health Care named Trisa Danz, MD, chief medical officer.
Bryan Edwards, MD, has been appointed senior vice president of clinical service lines at Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health.
Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health named Leon Bass, MD, chief medical officer of three community hospitals.
East Providence, R.I.-based Bradley Hospital named Chase Samsel, MD, vice president and chief medical officer.
RWJBarnabas Health, a 14-hospital system based in West Orange, N.J., appointed Erwin Wang, MD, the inaugural senior vice president of physician performance improvement.
Peta-Ann Anderson, DNP, RN, started a new role as vice president and chief nursing officer of Miami-based Jackson Memorial Hospital.
Peter Watson, MD, is now chief medical officer of the Henry Ford Employee Health Plan and chief medical officer of clinical value for the Henry Ford Medical Group, part of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health.
Penn State Health, a five-hospital system based in Hershey, Pa., has named Leslyn Williamson, DNP, RN, interim chief nursing executive.
Hamilton, N.Y.-based Community Memorial Hospital named Frankie Hamilton, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer.
Daisy Rodriguez, MSN, RN, is no longer CEO and chief nursing officer of Waukegan, Ill.-based Vista Health System.
Hinesville, Ga.-based Liberty Regional Medical Center named Michele Evans, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer.
Albany (N.Y.) Med Health System named Stephen Sibbitt, MD, chief clinical officer. Dr. Sibbitt joined the health system from Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health, where he served as senior vice president and regional chief medical officer for the Central Texas Region.
Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System named Jeremy Gardner, MD, chief medical officer.
Stephanie Jones, DNP, RN, became chief nursing officer of Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville. Barry Jenkins, MD, was named systemwide chief medical officer of Northeast Georgia Health System.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles appointed Desiree Ritter, BSN, RN, senior vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer. She previously served as interim chief nursing officer.
Alexander Ramirez, MD, was named chief physician executive of Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health.
Secaucus (N.J.) University Hospital named Corinne Lora, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer.
UAB Health System, a 16-hospital system based in Birmingham, Ala., has named Warner Huh, MD, deputy chief physician executive of the system and vice president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation.
Fort Walton Beach-based HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital named Evgenia Slavcheva, MD, chief medical officer.
Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare appointed Mandy Adcock, RN, as chief nursing officer of Medical City Fort Worth (Texas) Hospital.
Northwell’s Huntington (N.Y.) Hospital named Patrick Socias, MSN, RN, vice president and chief nursing officer.
