Executive Moves

Michael Portacci, president of Division II Operations at Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, will retire on Dec. 1.

New York City-based Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai named R. Sean Morrison, MD, the Ellen and Howard C. Katz Chair of the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine.

St. Anthony Community Hospital in Warwick, N.Y., selected Anita Volpe, BSN, to serve as vice president of patient care services on a permanent basis, according to a Warwick Advertiser report.

McPherson (Kan.) Hospital appointed Terri Gehring its permanent president and CEO, according to a Salina Journal report.

Seattle-based International Community Health Services, a nonprofit community health center, named Rayburn Lewis, MD, permanent CMO, according to a report by The Seattle Medium.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Acuity Healthcare, a long-term acute care hospital company, appointed Melissa Low CEO of Acuity Hospital of South Texas in San Antonio.

Redwood City, Calif.-based Sequoia Healthcare District selected Pamela Kurtzman to serve as CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2018, according to a San Mateo Daily Journal report.

Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., appointed Ronald C. Brandenburg II vice president and CFO.

The following hospital and health system CFO moves were reported by Becker's Hospital Review since Oct. 17.

Express Scripts — the nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager — has selected James M. Havel to serve as executive vice president and CFO.