Hospitals and health systems are reshaping their leadership teams, including by adding inaugural roles to their C-suites. Here are the new roles hospitals and health systems have added since Sept. 15: 1. Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health appointed John Hollingsworth, MD,…
Executive Moves
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has named Virginia Tenpenny its vice president of community engagement, effective Jan. 12. Ms. Tenpenny will succeed Joanne Pulles, who is retiring after 26 years with HCA, according to a Dec. 9 news release. In her…
St. Paul, Minn.-based Gillette Children’s has appointed Kelly Morse Nowicki as executive vice president of operations and COO. Ms. Nowicki brings more than two decades of healthcare leadership experience to the role, including more than 20 years at Rochester, Minn.-based…
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has named Carrie Owen Plietz as group senior vice president and COO of care delivery. In this newly created role, Ms. Owen Plietz will oversee hospital operations, pharmacy services, nursing, continuum of care, and consumer and…
Deepa Kumaraiah, MD, was named executive vice president and COO of NewYork-Presbyterian, effective Jan. 22. Dr. Kumaraiah, who joined the New York City-based health system in 2012, is group senior vice president, system chief medical officer and COO of perioperative…
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Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedics has renewed the terms of three physician leaders, with the new appointments set to begin at the end of 2026. Alexander Vaccaro, MD, PhD, was unanimously re-elected as president. Dr. Vaccaro has served in the role since…
USMD Hospital at Arlington in Texas has appointed three new leaders following the retirement of its CEO. Kathy Early, MSN, retired after serving as CEO and chief nursing officer, according to a Nov. 2 Facebook post from the hospital. USMD…
UC San Diego Health has appointed neurosurgeon Alexander Khalessi, MD, as chief innovation officer and interim assistant vice chancellor for Health Sciences Innovation and AI. In the dual role, Dr. Khalessi will guide the health system’s innovation strategy and oversee…
York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health has appointed Orie Chambers as vice president for the health system and president of WellSpan Ephrata (Pa.) Community Hospital, effective Nov. 30. In this role, Mr. Chambers will oversee operations at the 141-bed community hospital and…
Carlos Bohorquez, CFO of Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health, is joining San Diego-based UC San Diego Health as its next CFO. Mr. Bohorquez will depart El Camino Health at the end of 2025 after leading the system through consistent…