Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital in Demopolis, Ala., selected Douglas L. Brewer to serve as CEO, according to a Demopolis Times report.
Executive Moves
David Brandon, president and CEO of UnityPoint Health-Dubuque (Iowa), is resigning, effective June 1. Mr. Brandon will also leave his position as senior vice president of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health.
HSHS St. Elizabeth's Hospital in O'Fallon, Ill., selected Patti Fischer to serve as its permanent president and CEO, according to a Belleville News-Democrat report.
Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center appointed Wes Sigler CEO of UMMC Grenada and UMMC Holmes County in Lexington, effective May 14.
Hialeah (Fla.) Hospital hired Maribel A. Torres, BSN, RN, to serve as its chief nursing officer, according to a Miami's Community Newspapers report.
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Tomball (Texas) Regional Medical Center, part of Houston-based HCA Gulf Coast Division, tapped Ryan Henry to serve as COO.
In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal — in which it was revealed the firm improperly accessed the information of 87 million Facebook users — Facebook has shaken up its executive leadership team, according to Bloomberg.
Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system CEO moves in the last week.
Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University selected Danny Jacobs, MD, to serve as president, effective Aug. 1.
Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Hospital named Kathleen Becker CEO, effective July 15.