Maulin Patel has been named executive vice president and CFO of Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University, according to an Aug. 31 news release. He will succeed Jeff Jones, who has served as OHSU’s interim CFO since December 2025. In…
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Gregory Ammon was appointed president of Ascension Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital in Hoffman Estates, Ill., effective Sept. 13. Mr. Ammon has served as the hospital’s COO since 2023, overseeing growth strategies, clinical programming and patient experience, according to a…
Valerie Powell-Stafford was named senior vice president and area manager of Kaiser Permanente’s Greater Southern Alameda service area in California. Ms. Powell-Stafford will oversee hospital operations and the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan for the area, which has more than 6,700…
Tauana McDonald plans to retire at the end of 2026 as president and CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System after nearly a decade with the organization. Ms. McDonald joined Mount Carmel in 2017 as its first chief administrative…
Richard Yochum plans to retire April 30 as president and CEO of Pomona (Calif.) Valley Hospital Medical Center after nearly 50 years with the organization. Mr. Yochum joined the hospital in the late 1970s as an administrator and held several…
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Matt Kinsella, regional CFO within St. Louis-based SSM Health, is stepping into a new role at Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health. Mr. Kinsella has spent 18 years with SSM Health, he wrote in an Aug. 22 LinkedIn post. Most recently, he…
Jenn Schwartz began serving as president and CEO of Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare Sept. 1, succeeding Janice Nevin, MD, who retired after nearly 25 years with the health system. Ms. Schwartz joined ChristianaCare in 2018 and most recently served as executive…
Janelle Reilly, market president for Chicago-based CommonSpirit in Tennessee and Georgia, has retired after a decade of leadership with the organization. Ms. Reilly’s healthcare career spanned 37 years, CommonSpirit South Region President Matt Brown said in a statement shared with…
Nicole Marquez has been named CFO of Carlsbad (N.M.) Medical Center, according to an Aug. 31 LinkedIn post. Carlsbad Medical Center is a 99-bed hospital that comprises a 12-bed intensive care unit, a 24-hour emergency room and a level III…
Christine Markowitz has been named CFO of Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., according to an Aug. 31 news release. In her new role, Ms. Markowitz will oversee the hospital’s financial operations and work with hospital leaders on strategic planning,…