Mount Pleasant, Texas-based Titus Regional Medical Center tapped its chief nursing officer, Kathy Griffis, RN, to also serve as COO in a dual role, the Mount Pleasant Tribune reported May 21. Ms. Griffis has been with the hospital team for…
Executive Moves
Sarah Gaskell was appointed senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, according to a May 22 health system news release. Ms. Gaskell joins the organization from Guidehouse, a global consulting firm, where she…
Dave Ramsey, president and CEO of Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health, plans to retire in July 2026. Mr. Ramsey joined Charleston Area Medical Center in 2000 and became CEO of Vandalia Health following its creation in 2022, according to a May…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare has promoted Carmen Pla to chief revenue officer. Ms. Pla previously served as the medical group’s senior vice president of revenue cycle operations, according to a May 22 Envision news release. She assumed her new role…
A number of hospitals and health systems across the U.S. have restructured their executive teams in 2025. These changes include expanding leadership responsibilities and creating roles and new reporting structures. Editor’s note: This article was created May 22 and will…
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Pat Samples, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer at Estes Park (Colo.) Health, is retiring after five years in the role. Ms. Samples joined the system in April 2020 and led Estes Park through the COVID-19 pandemic and a local wildfire,…
CommonSpirit Health, a Chicago-based system with more than 2,200 care sites in 24 states, has made multiple executive changes across the organization this year.
Lee Montgomery, MSN, RN, was appointed clinical adult nursing director at Kaiser Permanente’s Antioch (Calif.) Medical Center, according to a LinkedIn post by the hospital’s chief nurse executive, Christina (Tina) Geis, BSN, RN. Mr. Montgomery brings more than two decades…
Mount Graham Regional Medical Center in Safford, Ariz., has found an interim leader to serve during the CEO’s extended absence, according to a hospital news release shared with Becker’s. Chief Medical Officer Bart Carter, MD, will serve as interim CEO…
Kriel Ramcharitar, MD, has joined Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare as vice president and chief medical officer for value-based care. In this role, Dr. Ramcharitar will work with the health system’s physician enterprise, payers and community partners to advance value-based care delivery.…