Executive Moves

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health selected Cherie Sibley to serve as COO of its Central Group of hospitals, effective March 13, 2017. The Central Group includes LifePoint hospitals in Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Anthony Armada, the CEO of Seattle-based Swedish Health Services, resigned Monday, just days after a Seattle Times report prompted state regulators to investigate the Swedish Neuroscience Institute on the Cherry Hill campus in Seattle.

Penn State Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center appointed Margaret Mikula, MD, permanent chief quality officer for the medical center and Penn State Medical Group practices.

Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center in Panama City, Fla., selected George A. Helmrich, MD, to serve as CMO, effective March 1, 2017. Most recently, Dr. Helmrich served as CMO of Baptist Easley (S.C.) Hospital.

Visalia, Calif.-based Kaweah Delta Health Care District named Tom Rayner interim CEO, effective March 31, 2017.

UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif., named Richard J. Gannotta COO, according to The Orange County Register.

Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Health System appointed Lannie Checketts CFO, according to an Idaho Press report.

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System appointed Jose Oberholzer, MD, the new director of its Charles O. Strickler Transplant Center, effective March 2017.

O'Connor Hospital in Delhi, N.Y., selected Scott Bonderoff to serve as president.

Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth appointed Yvonne Rockwood COO of Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo., and Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, Colo.