Providence Health & Services, based in Renton, Wash., has named Rod Hochman, MD, president and CEO, effective July 1.
Executive Moves
Greg Van Pelt, CEO of Providence Oregon in Portland, has announced plans to retire.
Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph's Healthcare System has appointed Howard Tepper as vice president for physician practices and ambulatory services.
Pamela Delagardelle became the first woman to be president and CEO of Allen Health System in Waterloo, Iowa, on Jan. 1, 2013. Allen Health System is a part of Des Moines-based Iowa Health System.
Since 2008, Carol May has served as CFO of Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital & Clinics, a non-profit system with a 36-bed acute hospital in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.
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Plaza Medical Center of Fort Worth (Texas) has named Court LeMaistre chief operating, staffing, ethics and compliance officer, according to a Focus Daily News report.
Arlington Heights, Ill.-based Alexian Brothers Health System has named Leonard Wilk president and CEO of St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
Cris Rivera, FACHE, has served as CEO of Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas since November 2012. RGRH is an affiliate of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA.
Diana Hendel, PharmD, has served as president and CEO of Long Beach (Calif.) Memorial and Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach since 2009. She is also CEO of Community Hospital Long Beach, which joined the other two Long Beach hospitals in…