Newly formed Jackson, Miss.-based Merit Health has named Steve Dobbs CEO, according to The Vicksburg Post.
Executive Moves
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.
Zotec Partners announced in a press release that its Medical Director, Ronald Stunz, MD, FACEP, has been appointed to the National American College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Data Registry Committee.
Eric Evans, CEO of El Paso, Texas-based Sierra Providence Health Network, is leaving to lead Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's Texas Region, according to the El Paso Times.
Kevin Walstrom, Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth's CFO, will leave the system May 7, according to the Portland Business Journal.
Cullman (Ala.) Regional Medical Center has named James Clements president and CEO, according to the Cullman Times.
Victoria, Texas-based Citizens Medical Center CEO Stephen Thames will be stepping down from his position, following negotiations Thursday morning for a mutual separation agreement with hospital board members, according to the Victoria Advocate.
The following seven hospital CNOs, CMOs and chief quality and patient safety officers were on the move recently. The following moves were covered by Becker's Hospital Review in the last two weeks, starting with the most recent.
R. Jason Thurman, MD, was recently named CMO of two TriStar hospitals: Hendersonville (Tenn.) Medical Center and Nashville, Tenn.-based Skyline Medical Center, according to a report from The Tennessean.
The following hospital and health system CEO moves were announced or made in the last week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.