Amanda Logue, MD, has been appointed CEO of Ochsner Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center, effective Sept. 6. Dr. Logue has served as regional medical director for Ochsner Lafayette General since 2019, according to a Sept. 3 news release from New…
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After serving as Ascension’s national senior director and medication safety officer since September 2023, Chris Bell, PharmD, said he is no longer with the St. Louis-based health system. In a Sept. 2 LinkedIn post, Dr. Bell said, “I wrapped my…
Lexington, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare has named Paige Franklin vice president of external affairs. Ms. Franklin joins the 14-hospital system after serving as vice president of growth at Nest Health, a startup that provides in-home integrated care to Medicaid families,…
Matthew Edwards, MD, has been appointed area president and CEO of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, effective Sept. 14. Dr. Edwards also will serve as executive vice president for clinical health affairs at Wake Forest University, according to…
Jeremy Stephens was appointed chief people officer of Pinehurst, N.C.-based FirstHealth of the Carolinas, joining the system in July. He most recently served as executive vice president and CHRO at Tidelands Health in Murrells Inlet, S.C., where he oversaw compensation,…
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Jason Anglin was named CEO of William Newton Hospital in Winfield, Kan., effective Aug. 31. The board of trustees appointed Mr. Anglin to lead the nonprofit critical access hospital following an extensive search, according to a Sept. 2 news release.…
Baptist Health Richmond (Ky.) has named Marcie Backus, DNP, vice president and chief nursing officer. Dr. Backus has spent 25 years at the hospital, part of Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health, in a range of nursing roles. She most recently served…
After serving Evanston, Ill.-based Endeavor Health, Bruce McNulty, MD, will become chief medical officer of Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based Ascension Alexian Brothers in October. Ascension Alexian Brothers is a critical care hospital part of St. Louis-based Ascension, which includes 119…
North Bergen, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Palisades Medical Center has named Calvin Hwang, MD, chief medical officer, effective Sept. 8. Dr. Hwang most recently served as associate chief medical officer and associate chief quality officer at New York-Presbyterian/Allen Hospital, according to…
Mary Dale Peterson, MD, has stepped down from her role as executive vice president and COO of Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children’s Hospital after spending 42 years with the organization. She first joined Driscoll Children’s in 1984 as a pediatric…