Anesthesiologist Shawn Crook, MD, joined Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia, Mo., according to the Sedalia News-Journal.
Executive Moves
Salinas (Calif.) Valley Memorial Healthcare System's board has extended an offer to a candidate to become SVMH's CEO, but has yet to reveal the candidate's name, according to a report by The Californian.
Anne Sedore, PhD, RN, has been named CNO of Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y.
Providence Health & Services, based in Renton, Wash., has named Rod Hochman, MD, president and CEO, effective July 1.
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.
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.