Executive Moves

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…

John I. Allen, MD, MBA, national quality advisor for Minnesota Gastroenterology in St. Paul, Minn., will assume the position of clinical chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., on April 1.

Dru Cavanagh, BSN, RN, has been named president and CEO of UHS Delaware Valley Hospital in Walton, N.Y.

Wilmington, Ohio-based Clinton Memorial Hospital Regional Health System has named Brad Mabry COO, according to a report by the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals has named Russell L. Holman, MD, as its CMO, effective Feb. 11.

Worcester-based UMass Memorial Health Care has named Eric W. Dickson, MD, MHCM, FACEP, president and CEO, effective Feb. 25.

Black River Memorial Hospital in Black River Falls, Wis., has named Mary Beth White-Jacobs president and CEO, effective June 28.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has named Vanessa Benavides vice president and chief compliance officer.