Executive Moves

Brent James, MD, will resign as chief quality officer of Salt Lake City, Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare effective August 26.

Brian Gragnolati, president and CEO of Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System, has been selected to chair the AHA starting in 2019.

Mark Marcantano, president and COO of Providence, R.I.-based Women and Infants Hospital, has resigned effective Friday, according to The Providence Journal.

The San Marcos, Calif.-based CSU Institute for Palliative Care has named Jennifer Ballentine its new executive director, effective September 25.

Toronto-based hospital owner Medical Facilities Corp., which maintains controlling interest in five specialty surgical hospitals and one ambulatory surgery center in the U.S., appointed Robert Horrar COO July 25. 

Gainesville, Ga.-based Northeast Georgia Health System has named Brian D. Steines as its new CFO.

Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital has hired Richard Wilk, MD, as chief of hip preservation service in the hospital's department of orthopedic surgery.

Randall K. Gibb, MD, has been named permanent CEO of Billings (Mont.) Clinic after serving on an interim basis since November, according to the Billings Gazette.

Dothan, Ala.-based Flowers Hospital has named Thomas Roddy as its COO, according to the Dothan Eagle.

First Choice Healthcare Solutions, a nonphysician-owned, publicly traded healthcare services company in Melbourne, Fla., named Phillip Keller CFO.