Executive Moves

Alan Fabian, FACHE, has been appointed CEO of LewisGale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, Va.

Wake Forest Baptist Health in Lexington, N.C., has named Bret Nicks, MD, CMO of Lexington (N.C.) Medical Center and Davie Hospital in Mocksville, N.C., according to a report by The Business Journal.

Jeanne Dzurenko, BSN, MPH, RN, has been named CNO and senior vice president of patient care for Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, N.Y.

Wayne Keathley has resigned as president and COO of The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and David Reich, MD, has been named interim president.

Brian Burnside, president and CEO of Marshalltown (Iowa) Medical & Surgical Center, has announced plans to resign at the end of the month, according to a Times-Republican report.

The American Hospital Association has announced Alvin Hoover, CEO of King's Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven, Miss., as the chair of the governing council for its Section for Small or Rural Hospitals.

Cascade Medical Center in Leavenworth, Wash., a city of fewer than 2,000 people, has just seven beds. It's located smack in the middle of Washington state, two hours east of Seattle, nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.

Joe Guarracino has been senior vice president and CFO of The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Hospital Center since December 2007, and the hospital has regained its financial footing thanks to Mr. Guarracino's renewed focus on operations rather than just financial management.

Claire Bowen, president and CEO of Valley Regional Hospital in Claremont, N.H., has stepped down two months before she was supposed to retire, according to a Valley News report.

Eric Jensen, FACHE, has been named CEO of Valley General Hospital in Monroe, Wash., effective Jan. 30.