Executive Moves

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

Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System tapped Mary Chatman, MSN, DNP, to serve as senior vice president as well as permanent president of WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, effective immediately.

Corpus Christi, Texas-based Christus Spohn Health System named Thomas McKinney president of Christus Spohn Hospital-Alice (Texas) and Christus Spohn Hospital-Kleberg in Kingsville, Texas, according to an Alice Echo News Journal report.

Doctors Hospital of Manteca (Calif.) selected Brandon May to serve as CEO, according to a Manteca Bulletin report.

Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital appointed Diane Kelly, DNP, its new COO, effective April 30.

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System appointed Joshua Safer, MD, the inaugural executive director of its Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health tapped Scott Nygaard, MD, to serve as COO, according to a Business Observer report.

Coquille (Ore.) Valley Hospital selected Robert Fisher to serve as its permanent CFO.

A new 100-bed psychiatric hospital in Spokane, Wash., named Dorothy L. Sawyer CEO, according to a report by The Spokesman-Review.

Rockford, Ill.-based Mercyhealth appointed Doreen Timm, MSN, senior director and chief nursing officer for Mercyhealth Hospital-Rockton Avenue in Rockford and Mercyhealth Hospital and Trauma Center-Riverside.