Executive Moves

Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has named Jim Burkhart CEO, effective March 4, according to a Tampa Bay Times report.

Presence Medical Group, Presence Health's 320-physician group in Chicago, has named Howard Drenth CEO, effective Jan. 7.

French Hospital Medical Center in San Louis Obispo, Calif., has named Carla Adams, MSN, COO and chief nurse executive, according to a KCOY report.

The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past two weeks, beginning with the most recent.

The North Sonoma County Healthcare District has named George Protos interim CEO of Healdsburg (Calif.) District Hospital, effective Jan. 1, according to a North Bay Business Journal report.

St. Louis-based SSM Health Care has named Erin Sydnor as executive director of strategy and business development for the SSM Neurosciences Institute.

William Conway, MD, has been named CEO of Henry Ford Medical Group and executive vice president of Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.

Sandral Hullett, MD, CEO of county-owned Cooper Green Mercy Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., is fighting her termination, according to a WBRC report.

Douglas Girod, MD, has been named executive vice chancellor of the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, effective Feb. 1, 2013.

Michael Williams, DO, MD, will serve as interim president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Forth Worth.