Christopher Dawes, president and CEO of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and Stanford Children's Health, is retiring. He will step down from his post due to recent health issues, effective immediately.
Executive Moves
Steven M. Scott, interim CEO of Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., resigned, according to a Syracuse.com report.
Palms of Pasadena Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., appointed Jake Fisher CEO.
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and Aetna named Steve Wigginton CEO of their Sutter Health | Aetna joint venture health plan, effective immediately.
Medical City North Hills in North Richland Hills, Texas, named John Marker, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer, effective April 9.
Pickens County Medical Center in Carrollton, Ala., selected John O'Neil to serve as president and CEO, effective March 19, according to a WCBI report.
Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network President and CEO Vance M. Brown, MD, is resigning April 20, and the health system named William F. Streck, MD, his successor.
Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system chief nursing officer and CMO moves in the last four weeks.
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare appointed Ravi Chari, MD, president of its Tampa-based West Florida Division, effective May 1.
DeKalb Health in Auburn, Ind., dropped the 'interim' from CEO Tasha Eicher's title, effective March 16.