Executive Moves

CHI St. Vincent has named Gerry Jones, MD, CMO of CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Ark.

Amar A. Desai, MD, former president of El Segundo, Calif.-based HealthCare Partners, is the new president and CEO of UnitedHealth's Optum in California.

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system executive retirements in the last five weeks:

Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system executive moves in the last week:

Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset, Ky., named Brian Springate, RN, COO, effective Jan. 20, according to the Commonwealth Journal.

Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health has named Tim Tarnowski senior vice president and CIO.

Timothy Finan will retire as president and CEO of Olean, N.Y.-based Upper Allegheny Health System, effective July 3, according to The Buffalo News.

Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., has selected Shon Dwyer, RN, to serve as president, effective March 2.

David Duvall is no longer employed by Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System as senior vice president, chief marketing, communications and experience officer, a health system spokesperson confirmed.

Steven J. Summer is the new president of the Healthcare Institute, a Pensacola, Fla.-based nonprofit think tank with 35 hospital and health system CEO members.