Becker's has reported on the following hospital and health system COO moves since Dec. 27, including individuals who joined new organizations and those promoted to new roles.
Note: This page was created Jan. 7 and was updated March 4.
Feb. 21-27:
1. Rick Hundorfean was named COO of the MUSC Health-Charleston Division in South Carolina.
2. Gina Anderson, BSN, was appointed COO of Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala.
3. Robin Hynds, MSN, RN, COO of Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital, will serve as acting CEO following the Feb. 27 resignation of Abha Agrawal, MD.
4. Sandra Sneed, who most recently served as COO of Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Fla., was named CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull in Brooklyn.
5. Dave Graber was appointed COO of Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, Ind.
6. Annette Morgan was named COO of City of Hope Orange County (Calif.).
7. Whitney Fenyak, COO of HCA Healthcare's Reston (Va.) Hospital Center, was named CEO of Parkland Medical Center in Derry, N.H.
8. Robert Jepson was appointed COO of AdventHealth Daytona Beach (Fla.), effective March 10.
9. Stephanie Meyer, RN, chief nursing officer of Children's Mercy Kansas City (Mo.), was promoted to executive vice president, chief nursing executive and COO for inpatient operations.
Feb. 11-19:
1. Rick Majzun, executive vice president and COO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine Children's Health, was named president and COO.
2. Rebecca Hutton Schulkowski, PharmD, was appointed COO of UNC Health Nash in Rocky Mount, N.C., effective early March.
3. Khelsea Bauer, COO of AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach (Fla.) since 2021, was named president and CEO of AdventHealth DeLand (Fla.), effective Feb. 23.
4. Jerry Gonzalez, BSN, RN, COO of HCA's Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, Calif., was named CEO of Ogden (Utah) Regional Medical Center.
5. Patricia Boeckmann, RN, COO of Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, Texas, was appointed CEO.
6. Mark Sevco, senior vice president and COO of Sutter Health's Northern California market, was named president of Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network.
7. Reyne' Gallup, BSN, RN, was named vice president and COO of Hamilton Medical Center in Dalton, Ga.
Jan. 29-Feb. 6:
1. Melissa Anderson, MSN, RN, COO of Aspen Mountain Medical Center in Rock Springs, Wyo., was appointed hospital CEO.
2. Blake Rose was named COO of HCA Healthcare's Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls.
3. Marty Ray was named COO of Candler County Hospital in Metter, Ga., a position created followed the resignation of CEO Michael Purvis.
4. Michael D'Souza was appointed COO of HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball (Texas), effective Feb. 2.
5. Celina Holson was named COO of HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast in Pasadena, Texas, effective Feb. 3.
6. Mandy Eaton, PhD, executive vice president and COO of Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health, was named president and CEO of Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health, effective April 1.
7. Sharon Toups, COO of Covington, La.-based St. Tammany Health System, plans to retire after 23 years in the role.
8. Jack Khashou has been appointed COO of Covington, La.-based St. Tammany Health System.
9. Charlotte Haisch, RN, was named COO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health's home health division.
10. Michael Condrin, COO of UC Davis Medical Center, was appointed interim CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health.
11. Melissa Payne was named COO of Orlando Health-Health Center Hospital in Ocoee, Fla.
12. Kevin Whitney, DNP, RN, was appointed president and COO of Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Mass.
13. Joe Pino was named interim COO of Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.
Jan. 22-27:
1. Matthew Chandler, PharmD, was appointed COO of Pomona, Calif.-based Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare.
2. Frank Holcomb was named COO of HCA Healthcare's Summerville Medical Center in South Carolina. He assumed the role Jan. 20.
3. Michael Holmes, executive vice president and COO of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital, was named senior vice president and regional president of UF Health's Gainesville, Fla., market.
4. Jake Childs, PharmD, was appointed COO of Yuma, Ariz.-based Onvida Health.
5. Steve Hankins was named COO of Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital in Tucson, Ariz., after serving as vice president and COO of Intermountain Health's Good Samaritan Hospital in Lafayette, Colo.
6. Amica Ghebremariam was appointed COO of HCA Houston Healthcare West, effective Jan. 20.
7. Amit Parmar was named COO of HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital in Tamarac.
Jan 8-21:
1. Wendy Watson, COO of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's Northwest region, was named president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals of the Northwest, effective Feb. 16.
2. Matthew Wolden, COO of UCSF Health's St. Mary's and St. Francis hospitals in San Francisco, was appointed COO of MaineHealth's Maine Medical Center in Portland.
3. Ben Spence was named COO of Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health.
4. Lou Galdieri, co-COO of Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare, was appointed chief administrative officer, effective March 30.
5. Kimberly Guy, co-COO of Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare, was named COO, effective March 30.
6. Kevin Smith, PhD, vice president and COO of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist-High Point (N.C.) Medical Center, was named president of Wellstar Spalding Medical Center in Griffin, Ga., and Wellstar Sylvan Grove Medical Center in Jackson, Ga.
7. Winfried Danke was named COO of Shelton, Wash.-based Mason Health. He stepped into the role Dec. 16.
8. Austin Champoux was appointed COO of Tenet Healthcare's Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.
9. Kyle Benoit was named executive vice president and COO of Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth, effective Jan. 6.
10. Jean Halpin, COO of OhioHealth Grant Medical Center in Columbus, was named hospital president.
11. Nanette Logan, DNP, COO of Regional Medical Center of San Jose (Calif.), was named CEO of Dominion Hospital in Falls Church, Va.
12. Shannon Sock, chief strategist and operating officer at St. Louis-based Mercy, is transitioning his role to focus on the health system's joint ventures and collaborations.
Dec. 27-Jan. 7:
1. Melissa Golombek, DNP, was appointed executive vice president and COO of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.
2. Robert Sabina, COO of HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe (Texas) since 2021, was named CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center, effective Jan. 6.
3. Elias Armendariz, MSN, RN, COO of HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake in Webster, Texas, was appointed CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare Pearland (Texas), effective Dec. 16.
4. Jay Carmichael, COO of Tifton, Ga.-based Southwell, was named president and CEO of Paris, Ill.-based Horizon Health, effective Jan. 20.
5. Kara Estenson, DNP, MSN, RN, was named chief nurse executive and COO of Woodland (Calif.) Memorial Hospital, part of San Francisco-based Dignity Health.
6. Kory Browning, COO of Baptist Medical Center in San Antonio, was appointed CEO of Northwest Medical Center-Springdale (Ark.).
7. Dana Anderson, MSN, RN, was named COO of Mosaic Medical Center-Maryville (Mo.), effective Feb. 1.