Executive Moves

Thomas Tracy Jr., MD. CMO of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center. Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center named Dr. Tracy CMO in June 2016. Dr. Tracy previously spent 19 years at Providence, R.I.-based Alpert…

Douglas Towriss, MD. Vice President and CMO of Schneck Medical Center (Seymour, Ind.). Dr. Towriss joined Schneck Medical Center in 2002 and became the vice president and CMO in April 2015. During his time at Scheck, Dr. Towriss created a…

Gregory Thompson, MD. CMO and Director of Medical Education of Gundersen Health System (La Crosse, Wis.). Gundersen Health System named Dr. Thompson CMO in 2013. He has been on Gunderson’s board of governors for nearly six years and a pulmonary…

North Texas Medical Center in Gainesville named Chris Zeringue CEO, according to a Gainesville Register report.

Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital & Medical Center tapped Kenneth D. McFarland to serve as CEO.

Robyn Strosaker, MD. Vice President and CMO of University Hospitals Case Medical Center (Cleveland). UH Case Medical Center named Dr. Strosaker vice president and CMO in May 2016. She is also an associate professor of pediatrics at Case Western Reserve…

Gulshan Sharma, MD. Vice President and Chief Medical and Clinical Innovation Officer of University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston). Dr. Sharma is vice president, chief medical and clinical innovation officer, associate CMO and director of the pulmonary critical care and…

Adhi Sharma, MD. Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs and CMO of South Nassau Communities Hospital (Oceanside, N.Y.). Prior to joining South Nassau Communities Hospital as senior vice president of medical affairs and CMO, Dr. Sharma was the vice president…

Birmingham, Ala.-based St. Vincent's Health System President and CEO Neeysa Biddle is retiring, effective June 30, 2017. She is also retiring from her roles as senior vice president and Birmingham ministry market executive at St. Louis-based Ascension Healthcare, the health…

In a move to reorganize its leadership structure, Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services eliminated the CEO position at Sacred Heart Medical Center and Holy Family Hospital, both based in Spokane, Wash. The hospitals' current CEO Alex Jackson will depart…