Bill Bryant, BSN, RN, was named CEO of Whitman Hospital and Medical Clinics in Colfax, Wash., effective March 1. He succeeds Hank Hanigan, who retired Feb. 28 after serving as CEO since 2014. Mr. Bryant joined the organization as chief…
Executive Moves
Irvine, Calif.-based UCI Health has named Vicky Asencio executive director of revenue cycle, according to a March 10 post on her LinkedIn page. In her new role, Ms. Asencio leads initiatives to improve A/R aging, coding accuracy, denial prevention and…
Alireza “Shami” Shamshirsaz, MD, was named director of the Comprehensive Fetal Care Center, a clinical partnership between Ascension’s Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin and Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Shamshirsaz, a maternal-fetal medicine…
Heather Hornbuckle, RN, has been named chief nursing officer of Hope-based Southwest Arkansas Regional Medical Center. Ms. Hornbuckle will lead nursing operations and at the 25-bed critical access hospital, according to a news release shared with local news outlets March…
Patrick Avila has been appointed president of Ascension Via Christi Hospital in Manhattan, Kan., effective April 20, according to a March 10 hospital news release shared with Becker’s. Drew Talbott will continue serving as interim president until Mr. Avila joins…
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Seattle-based Fred Hutch Cancer Center has appointed Mazyar Shadman, MD, and Vyshak Alva Venur, MD, as deputy chief medical officers. Both have served as interim deputy chief medical officers since September, according to a March 10 LinkedIn post from the…
Thomas Quatroche Jr., PhD, CEO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Erie County Medical Center Corp., has been named the next president and CEO of the Healthcare Association of New York State. He will join the Healthcare Association of New York State in…
Megan Pfarr has been appointed the inaugural CEO for Hospital Sisters Health System Rehabilitation Hospital, which is set to open in Green Bay, Wis., later in 2026. The announcement was made in partnership with Lifepoint Rehabilitation, according to a March…
Brian Melear, RN, CEO of HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee, has retired after nearly 27 years with the hospital. Mr. Melear joined the hospital in 1999 as a patient care assistant and later served in several clinical and leadership…
Mark Clement, president and CEO of Cincinnati-based TriHealth, plans to retire June 30 at the end of the health system’s fiscal year after 11 years leading the organization. TriHealth COO Terri Hanlon-Bremer, MSN, RN, has been appointed his successor, according…