Nicole Dockery, MSN, RN, has been appointed vice president and president of Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston, Va., effective immediately. Ms. Dockery will also continue serving as vice president and chief nursing officer, providing continuity in clinical leadership…
Executive Moves
Meridian, Miss.-based Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center named Hatem Mourad, MD, chief medical officer. He replaces Keith Everett, MD, who retired Feb. 28, according to a March 11 hospital news release from Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Healthcare, which operates the…
Bill Bryant, BSN, RN, was named CEO of Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics in Colfax, Wash., effective March 1. He succeeds Hank Hanigan, who retired Feb. 28 after serving as CEO since 2014. Mr. Bryant joined the organization as chief…
Irvine, Calif.-based UCI Health has named Vicky Asencio executive director of revenue cycle, according to a March 10 post on her LinkedIn page. In her new role, Ms. Asencio leads initiatives to improve A/R aging, coding accuracy, denial prevention and…
Alireza “Shami” Shamshirsaz, MD, was named director of the Comprehensive Fetal Care Center, a clinical partnership between Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin and Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Shamshirsaz, a maternal-fetal medicine…
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Heather Hornbuckle, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of Hope-based Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center. Ms. Hornbuckle will lead nursing operations and at the 25-bed critical access hospital, according to a news release shared with local news outlets March…
Patrick Avila has been appointed president of Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan, Kan., effective April 20, according to a March 10 hospital news release shared with Becker’s. Drew Talbott will continue serving as interim president until Mr. Avila joins…
Seattle-based Fred Hutch Cancer Center has appointed Mazyar Shadman, MD, and Vyshak Alva Venur, MD, as deputy chief medical officers. Both have served as interim deputy chief medical officers since September, according to a March 10 LinkedIn post from the…
Thomas Quatroche Jr., PhD, CEO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Erie County Medical Center Corp., has been named the next president and CEO of the Healthcare Association of New York State. He will join the Healthcare Association of New York State in…
Megan Pfarr has been appointed the inaugural CEO for Hospital Sisters Health System Rehabilitation Hospital, which is set to open in Green Bay, Wis., later in 2026. The announcement was made in partnership with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, according to a March…