Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M., a part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals, announced the appointment of John Harris as CEO, according to a Las Cruces Sun-News report.
Executive Moves
Springfield, Ga.-based Effingham Health System has named Joseph Ratchford, MD, CMO, according to a Savannah Morning News report.
Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health's St. Helena (Calif.) Hospital Region announced the resignation of CEO Terry Newmyer.
Kerry Vermillion, senior vice president and CFO of Baptist Health Care in Pensacola, Fla., was found dead after state officials retrieved his body from Santa Rosa Sound, according to a Pensacola News Journal report.
Wright L. Lassiter III has served as CEO of Alameda Health System in Oakland, Calif., since 2005.
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Ken Hopkins became CFO of Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System after years of experience overseeing the system's decision support, finance and materials management departments.
The following hospital and health system executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
Evan Jones brings expertise in health system development and graduate medical education financial analysis to his role as senior vice president and CFO of Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Medical Center.
Ed McGeachey has been named president and CEO of Southern Maine Health Care, the company to be formed as a result of the January merger between Goodall Hospital in Sanford, Maine, and Southern Maine Medical Center in Biddeford, according to…
Tufts Medical Center in Boston announced the appointment of Michael Wagner, MD, as interim president and CEO.