Executive Moves

The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.

Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mich., has named Alfred E. Pilong Jr., MBA, president, effective April 3.

Matt Gerlach has turned down Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Hospital's offer to become the hospital's president and CEO, according to a report by the Monterey County Herald.

St. Joseph Health – Humboldt County, based in Eureka, Calif., has named Matthew Miller, MD, as CMO of St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka and Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna, Calif.

Bonnie Schmitz moved into her role as CFO of Fond du Lac, Wis.-based Agnesian HealthCare in June 2011, 22 years after she started her financial career there as a financial analyst.

Jeffrey Menkes, president and CEO of Manhattan-based New York Downtown Hospital, has resigned, effective March 1, according to a DNAinfo report.

Two executives from Sanford Health, based in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., have announced plans to retire, and their replacements have been named, according to a Sioux Falls Business Journal report.

David Stewart has been named senior vice president and CFO of Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio, effective March 1.

The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City has named Arthur Klein, MD, president of The Mount Sinai Health Network.

Val Verde Hospital District Board in Del Rio, Texas, has asked Frank Larson, president, to step down from his post, according to a Del Rio News-Herald report.