Executive Moves

Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed Health CEO Bill Manson will retire in July 2020.

Three leaders have resigned from their roles at Houston-based Texas Medical Center, including Executive Vice President and COO Shawn Cloonan, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Southwestern Vermont Health Care in Bennington named Pamela M. Duchene, PhD, vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer, effective Jan. 2, according to Vermont Business Magazine.

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

Lisle, Ill.-based Amita Health has named Keith A. Parrott president and CEO, effective Jan. 13.

Health Care Service Corp., the parent company of Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in five states, will lay off dozens of employees on the heels of several C-level exits, according to Crain's Chicago Business.

Cancer Treatment Centers of America Atlanta has named Jonathan Watkins regional president of CTCA Hospitals and Clinics.

Advocate Lutheran General President Terika Richardson has been appointed president of Advocate Aurora Health's central Chicagoland patient service area.

From January through November, CEO departures reached 1,480, up 12 percent from the same period a year prior, according to a report from executive outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas. 

Mountain Laurel Medical Center in Grantsville, Md., has tapped Brian Bailey to serve as CEO, according to the Cumberland Times-News.