DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit tapped Vinay Pallekonda, MD, to serve as CMO.
Executive Moves
Sterling (Colo.) Regional MedCenter, part of Phoenix-based Banner Health, promoted Chief Nursing Officer Wade Tyrell to an interim CEO role, according to the Journal-Advocate.
Naples, Fla.-based NCH Healthcare System President and CEO Allen Weiss, MD, resigned Jan. 23, days after staff physicians issued a vote of no confidence against him, according to a Naples Daily News report.
Charles A. Peck, MD, CEO of Piedmont Athens (Ga.) Regional Medical Center, is resigning, according to an Athens Banner-Herald report.
Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center Senior Vice President and CMO Jerry Epps, MD, is retiring, effective April 15.
Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Calif., named Sherie C. Hickman CEO.
Bernadette Thomas, COO of Oak Bluffs, Mass.-based Martha's Vineyard Hospital, resigned Jan. 22, according to a Vineyard Gazette report.
Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Health System tapped Andrew Cosentino to serve as president of Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise.
Cincinnati-based Mercy Health appointed Kathleen Harley president of St Elizabeth Youngstown (Ohio) Hospital, according to The Business Journal.
Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system CEO moves in the last week.