Adria Vanhoozier has been named vice president of system fiancial and operational integration for Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health. Prior to her new role, Ms. Vanhoozier served as president of Riverside Doctors’ Hospital Williamsburg (Va.) since 2016, according to a…
Executive Moves
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Wash.) has named Dave Lawson chief administrative officer. Mr. Lawson will lead day-to-day operations across the hospital’s Colby and Pacific campuses, including quality, safety, caregiver and provider engagement, financial performance, patient experience and surgical services,…
Adia Ross, MD, has been appointed president of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist High Point (N.C.) Medical Center, effective March 22. Dr. Ross joined High Point Medical Center in September as chief medical officer. In that role, she led improvements…
Nicole Dockery, MSN, RN, has been appointed vice president and president of Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston, Va., effective immediately. Ms. Dockery will also continue serving as vice president and chief nursing officer, providing continuity in clinical leadership…
Meridian, Miss.-based Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center named Hatem Mourad, MD, chief medical officer. He replaces Keith Everett, MD, who retired Feb. 28, according to a March 11 hospital news release from Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Healthcare, which operates the…
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…
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…