Executive Moves

Cleveland-based University Hospitals named Mukesh K. Jain, MD, chief academic officer, effective Jan. 1.

University of Miami Health System tapped Joseph Lamelas, MD, to serve as chief of cardiothoracic surgery as well as a professor of surgery within the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.

Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tenn., named Richard Rogers, MD, its new CMO, according to a Murfreesboro Post report.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Ascension Borgess Hospital appointed Peter Bergmann president, effective Feb. 11, according to an MLive report.

Little Rock-based Arkansas Children's Hospital appointed Greg Sharp, MD, senior vice president and CMO.

St. Louis-based Ascension's Florida region selected Susan Cornejo to serve as COO, Kim Shrewsbury as CFO and Huson Gilberstadt, MD, as chief clinical officer, effective Jan. 1.

Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie named Lori Barnett, BSN, MSN, president and COO of Guthrie Troy (Pa.) Community Hospital, according to a Star Gazette report.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health tapped James Carter to serve as president of its Eastern Division and Cherie Sibley as president of its Central Division.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health selected Frank E. Emory Jr., to serve as executive vice president and chief legal officer.

The chief patient safety officer of Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., and two other executives have resigned less than a month after three other executives stepped down from their positions at the hospital.