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Executive Moves
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston has promoted CNO Kelly Ochoa, RN, to vice president of operations, effective April 19.
San Antonio-based Nix Health has named Terry J. Fontenot CEO, according to a My San Antonio report.
Rand O'Leary, chief administrative officer of PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center in Springfield, Ore., will additionally take on head leadership responsibilities for PeaceHealth's Oregon West Network when John Hill, the network's senior vice president and CEO/chief mission officer, departs from…
IlluminOss Medical, a commercial stage medical device company, has appointed Amy Orlick Berman as the company's vice president of clinical affairs.
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Plano, Texas-based Community Hospital Corporation has named Jim Coleman senior vice president of Southeast hospital operations, effective April 16, according to the Plano Star Courier.
Kathy Clark, RN, president and CEO of Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Lihue, Hawaii on the island of Kauai, will retire June 30, according to Pacific Business News.
The following hospital and health system executive moves were announced or made in the last week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
Gold Beach, Ore.-based Curry Health Network has announced the appointment of Virginia "Ginny" Razo as CEO, effective May 4.
Dallas-based Children's Health System of Texas has announced the appointment of Karen Kennedy as senior vice president of the system's Family Health and Well-Being Program.