Erik Thorsen, MBA. CEO of Columbia Memorial Hospital (Astoria, Ore.). After serving as the hospital’s CFO and then COO, Mr. Thorsen took over as CEO in 2010. The 25-bed nonprofit critical access hospital is about 100 miles northwest of Portland.…
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Michael Stewart, MBA. CEO of Navarro Regional Hospital (Corsicana, Texas). Mr. Stewart became CEO of the 162-bed acute care hospital, located 60 miles outside of Dallas, in April 2014. Under his leadership, the hospital opened a vein clinic as well…
Dennis Shelby. CEO of Wilson Medical Center (Neodesha, Kan.). Mr. Shelby has led Wilson Medical Center, a hospital about 150 miles southwest of Kansas City, Mo., since July 2011. As CEO, Mr. Shelby oversaw the systemwide implementation of an EHR…
Emmett C. Schuster. President and CEO of Gibson General Hospital (Princeton, Ind.). Mr. Schuster has 15 years of healthcare leadership experience. He served as interim CEO at Weiser (Idaho) Memorial Hospital before joining Gibson General, a critical access hospital about…
Rachelle H. Schultz. President and CEO of Winona (Minn.) Health. Ms. Schultz has been in healthcare management for more than two decades. In her current role, she heads a 99-bed acute care hospital, clinics and a 134-bed nursing home, among…
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J. Phil Harrop was named interim president of Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Baker City (Ore.), according to an Idaho Press-Tribune report.
Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital in Bath, N.Y., has a new leader.
Robert Schmitt, CPA, MBA. CEO of Gibson Area Hospital & Health Services (Gibson City, Ill.). Mr. Schmitt joined GAHHS as CFO in 2002 and was promoted to CEO in 2007. He has more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience.…
Maria Ryan, PhD, MSN. CEO of Cottage Hospital (Woodsville, N.H.). Dr. Ryan is the CEO of Cottage Hospital, a rural hospital that serves 26 towns between New Hampshire and Vermont. Cottage Hospital has been recognized nationally for high quality, low cost…
St. Ignace, Mich.-based Mackinac Straits Health System named Karen Cheeseman succeeding CEO to Rodney Nelson.