Executive Moves

Boston-based Tufts Medical Center named Michael Tarnoff, MD, surgeon-in-chief, effective June 4.

Rick Napper, president and CEO of Odessa, Texas-based Medical Center Health System, is planning to retire, effective Sept. 15, according to an Odessa American report.

The CEO of Health Alliance Plan, a subsidiary of Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, will retire June 30, according to a news release obtained by Becker's Hospital Review.

Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Healthcare System tapped James Matera, DO, to serve as senior vice president and CMO.

Indianapolis-based St. Vincent appointed Erica Wehrmeister president of its central region, according to an Inside Indiana Business report.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has selected Vicky L. Free to serve as senior vice president and chief marketing officer, it announced May 7.

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

Atchison (Kan.) Hospital appointed Jeffery Perry CEO, effective July 1, according to a News-Press Now report.

UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann purchased a record 20,000 UnitedHealth shares May 3, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital has named Nicole Rossol its inaugural chief patient experience officer.