Executive Moves

Durham, N.C.-based Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina President and CEO Brad Wilson will retire later this year.

Irving, Texas-based Medical City Healthcare hired pediatric physician Chad Brands, MD, to serve as vice president of graduate medical education.

Pontiac, Mich.-based McLaren Oakland appointed Barton P. Buxton president and CEO, effective Feb. 20, 2017.

New York City-based William F. Ryan Community Health Network, a family of federally qualified health centers, appointed Jessina Carroll Wachtelhausen, BSN, CNO.

Paris (Texas) Regional Medical Center, a part of Brentwood, Texas-based RCCH HealthCare Partners, named Steve Hyde CEO.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System has appointed Stephan Mayer, MD, as its new chair of the department of neurology.

Princeton, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson Foundation hired Richard Besser, MD, to take over as president and CEO, succeeding Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD.

Baton Rouge (La.) General/General Health System appointed Edgardo Tenreiro permanent CEO.

Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, N.Y., selected Robert M. Galler, DO, to serve as director of neurosurgery. He will also serve as director of neurosurgical spine for New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health's eastern region. Northwell Health is Peconic…

Baltimore-based Saint Agnes Healthcare tapped Nancy Hammond, MD, to serve as CMO, according to a Greater Baltimore Committee report.