Carl Bergetz, JD, is the new chief legal officer for Chicago-based Rush and senior vice president for legal affairs and general counsel for Rush University Medical Center.
Executive Moves
South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta has appointed Bill Forbes as chief development officer.
Dennis Laraway, executive vice president and CFO of Houston-based Memorial Hermann, will join Phoenix-based Banner Health as CFO on Sept. 29.
The Brattleboro (Vt.) Retreat, a nonprofit regional specialty mental health and addictions treatment center, named Arthur Nichols executive vice president and CFO.
Carolyn Carpenter, MHA, has been named COO and vice president of Sentara Norfolk (Virginia) General Hospital, effective September 11.
Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system CEO moves in the last week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
David Koontz, CEO of Columbus, Ga.-based St. Francis Hospital, will resign effective next month, according to the Ledger-Enquirer.
Louisville-based KentuckyOne Health has fired two executives from its Jewish Hospital as it prepares for the facility's sale, according to The Courier-Journal.
Providence St. Joseph Health, the organization formed through the merger of Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services and Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health, named Venkat Bhamidipati executive vice president and CFO.
NYC Health + Hospitals named Fay Rim, MD, senior assistant vice president for palliative care, effective July 31.