Executive Moves

Miami-based Baptist Health South Florida named Dawn White vice president of government and community relations, effective Sept. 3.

Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (Miss.) has tapped Mark A. Gilbert, MD, to serve as CMO.

John O'Brien, CEO of Manning (Iowa) Regional Healthcare Center, is retiring, effective Sept. 1.

Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas, Wyo., has selected Matt Dammeyer to serve as CEO, effective Sept. 30.

Blain Claypool, CEO of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho, will resign, effective Sept. 27, according to The Lewiston Tribune.

Bear Lake Memorial Hospital in Montpelier, Idaho, has appointed Michael Blauer administrator/CEO, effective Sept. 1, according to The News-Examiner.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals named Maulik P. Purohit, MD, associate chief medical information officer.

University of Cincinnati Health appointed Beverly Bokovitz, DNP, RN, its first chief nursing executive.

Children's Minnesota, a pediatric health system based in Minneapolis, has tapped Brenda McCormick to serve as senior vice president of finance and CFO, and Jennifer Soderholm as chief development officer and president of the Children's Minnesota Foundation.

Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Ga., has selected William Watkins, MD, to serve as CMO.