Executive Moves

NYC Health + Hospitals named Cristina Contreras executive director of NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx. Both entities are in New York City.

Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System selected Greg Baxter, MD, to serve as president.

Steve Mulder, MD, president and CEO of Hutchinson (Minn.) Health, plans to retire in April 2019.

Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following latest hospital and health system executive resignations.

BPO acquisition will diversify customer portfolio and strengthen competitive position of Access Healthcare in era of increasing cost constraints.

College Station, Texas-based Traditions Health, a home health and hospice provider with locations in Texas and California, hired Alan Blakeney as CFO.

North Oaks Health System in Hammond, La., selected Sarah E. Mitchell to serve as vice president of ancillary services.

Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Aurora Health appointed Tim Bassett vice president of support and ancillary services for Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, Ill., and Advocate Eureka (Ill.) Hospital, according to a WJBC report.

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

Karen Cox, BSN, MSN, PhD, left her position as executive vice president and COO of Children's Mercy Kansas City (Mo.) to join Downers Grove, Ill.-based Chamberlain University Aug. 27.