Executive Moves

Donald Kearns, MD. President and CEO of Rady Children’s Hospital (San Diego).  Rady Children’s Hospital named Dr. Kearns president and CMO in 2013, and promoted him to president and CEO in 2015. Dr. Kearns is responsible for the 520-bed Rady Children’s…

Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University and Johns Hopkins Medicine's Vice President for Corporate Security Keith Hill is retiring in January.

Gary Kaplan, MD. Chairman and CEO of Virginia Mason Health System (Seattle). Dr. Kaplan has been CEO of Virginia Mason Health System since 2000. Throughout his career, Dr. Kaplan has won numerous awards, including the National Healthcare Award from B’nai B’rith…

Schneck Medical Center in Seymour, Ind., selected Eric Fish, MD, to serve as vice president of medical affairs and CMO, according to a report by The Tribune.

Mercy Hospital Springfield (Mo.) appointed an interim leadership team, just under a week after firing 12 employees for allegedly mistreating patients.

Alan S. Kaplan, MD. CEO of UW Health (Madison, Wis.). Dr. Kaplan joined UW Health in May 2016 after spending seven years at Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health. He joined UnityPoint Health in 2009 and founded UnityPoint Clinic, a 1,300-provider organization…

Neeraj Kanwal, MD. Interim President of ProMedica Defiance (Ohio) Regional Hospital and Senior Vice President of Inpatient and Retail Pharmacy of ProMedica (Toledo, Ohio). Dr. Kanwal became interim president of ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital in February and continues to maintain his role…

Larry Kaiser, MD. President and CEO of Temple University Health System (Philadelphia). Dr. Kaiser became president and CEO of Temple University Health System and Lewis Katz Dean at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in 2008. He holds the…

Rodney Hochman, MD. President and CEO of Providence St. Joseph Health (Renton, Wash.).  Dr. Hochman was president and CEO of Renton-Wash.-based Providence Health & Services before it merged with Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health to create Providence St. Joseph Health, a…

Margot Hartmann, MD, PhD. President and CEO of Nantucket (Mass.) Cottage Hospital. Without prior experience in business or hospital administration, Dr. Hartmann took over the top leadership position at Nantucket Cottage Hospital in 2010. At the time of her appointment as…