Amid ongoing leadership restructuring, hospitals and health systems are adjusting C-suite roles through a mix of consolidations, expanded responsibilities and select leadership exits.
Becker’s has reported on the following leadership changes — driven by shifting priorities, systemwide realignments and executive transitions — since Jan. 5.
Note: This page was created April 15 and updated June 17.
1. Conway (Ark.) Regional Health System appointed CIO James Reed to serve as site administrator of Dardanelle (Ark.) Regional Medical Center. He will continue to serve as CIO in the expanded role, replacing retiring hospital President Alan Finley.
2. Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare expanded the role of Derrick Frazier, president of OSF HealthCare Saint James-John W. Albrecht Medical Center in Pontiac, Ill. He will now also serve as president of OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloomington, Ill., following the May 29 departure of President Eunmee Shim, MSN.
3. New York City-based Trinity Health New York appointed President and CEO Steven Hanks, MD, to an expanded role including oversight of Hartford, Conn.-based Trinity Health New England. The two regions will remain separate entities and are both part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health.
4. Beaufort (S.C.) Memorial expanded the role of Kim Yawn, associate vice president and chief development officer for the Beaufort Memorial Foundation. She will now also oversee the system’s marketing team as vice president of marketing and development.
5. Pasadena, Calif.-based Huntington Health, a Cedars-Sinai affiliate, named Jinhee Nguyen, DNP, RN, as senior vice president and COO, in addition to her role as chief nursing officer. She will work with operational leaders across the organization in her expanded role.
6. Arlington-based Texas Health Resources appointed Laura Irvine to an expanded role as senior executive vice president and chief operating and growth officer. It comes amid the planned September retirement of CEO Barclay Berdan, who will be succeeded by Winjie Miao.
7. Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health restructured into two divisions, eliminating its regional CEO roles. The system is moving away from its North-South divisions and is instead operating under two divisions: the CAMC Division and the Regional Hospital Division. As part of the restructuring, David Goldberg, president and CEO of the North region, exited the organization.
8. Cleveland Clinic expanded the roles of two leaders: Jorge Guzman, MD, who most recently served as president of the Northeast Ohio market and was named executive vice president of the U.S. markets, adding Florida market oversight to his leadership; and Kelly Hancock, DNP, RN, executive vice president, chief caregiver officer and chief administrative officer, who assumed oversight of marketing and philanthropy divisions.
9. Lynchburg, Va.-based Centra Health expanded Steve Roach’s role to chief operations and transformation officer. He had previously served as chief transformation officer.
10. Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston, Va., appointed Nicole Dockery, MSN, RN, to vice president and president, while continuing to serve as chief nursing officer.
11. Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger expanded its systemwide leaders’ responsibilities to further align operations across its seven hospitals. The expansions include 26 leaders across operations, finance, nursing and human resources roles.
12. Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based North Star Health Alliance dismissed three leaders as part of a broader restructuring amid its Chapter 11 protection process: Brandon Bowline, COO; Randy Fipps, chief administrator of behavioral health; and Peter Sinagra, executive director of the North Star Foundation. The dismissals were not performance based and were aimed at “maintaining organizational stability, ensuring continuity of care, and positioning the organization for long-term sustainability,” a spokesperson said.
13. Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare expanded Chris Lewis’ role to regional CFO of Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago and Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill. He had previously served as CFO of Saint Mary of Nazareth.
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