Executive Moves

Kris Gaw. COO of Maricopa Integrated Health System (Phoenix). Since 2016, Ms. Gaw has served as COO of Maricopa Integrated Health System, which includes a medical center, children’s center, burn center, trauma center, two behavioral health centers and a network…

Parkridge East Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., appointed Kelly R. Hersey, MD, director of its level III neonatal intensive care unit.

Michael J. Dacey Jr., MD, president and COO of Kent Hospital in Warwick, R.I., is resigning for a new job opportunity, according to a Cranston Online report.

Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following hospital and health system executive moves in the last week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.

Lowell, Mass.-based Circle Health tapped Arthur Lauretano, MD, to serve as CMO, effective Jan. 1, 2018.

Nancy Birschbach. Vice President and CIO of Agnesian HealthCare (Fond du Lac, Wis.). Ms. Birschbach joined Agnesian HealthCare in 1998 and has grown with the system over the past two decades. In her nearly 20 years with Agnesian, she’s served as information…

Amy Beiter, MD. President and CEO of Carondelet St. Mary’s Hospital (Tucson, Ariz.). Dr. Beiter has served the Tucson community for 20-plus years as a clinician, medical director for utilization management at Carondelet, and CMO of Carondelet before stepping into the role…

Elaine Batchlor, MD. CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital (Los Angeles). Dr. Batchlor was a driving force behind efforts to open Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, a safety net facility providing care to the South Los Angeles community.…

LaGrangeville, N.Y.-based Health Quest hired Kerry Eaton as COO.

Greenfield, Mass.-based Baystate Franklin Medical Center President Cindy Russo is resigning, effective Jan. 12, according to a Greenfield Recorder report.