Executive Moves

MetroHealth System in Cleveland has named John Brennan, MD, as president and CEO of the system, effective Jan. 1, 2013.

Southern Coos Hospital in Bandon, Ore., has launched a search for a new CEO and has retained B. E. Smith to lead the national search.

St. John Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit is a teaching hospital affiliated with Wayne State University and is part of the Warren, Mich.-based St. John Providence Health System.

The chief financial officer at Maryland's Katzen Eye Group has been elected president and chair of the Maryland Medical Group Management Association's board of directors, according to a Daily Record report.

Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center in Emporia has named Eric Lachance, CMA, CPA, as CEO.

Ty Cobb Healthcare System in Royston, Ga., has appointed Gregory Hearn, CPA, as CEO, effective immediately.

Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Calif., has named Ron Galonsky, FACHE, as the hospital's first chief operations and integration officer.

Jim Paradis has been named president of Paoli (Pa.) Hospital.

Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in Minneapolis has named Carol Koenecke-Grant as chief strategy officer.

Terri Day has been named president of Kettering (Ohio) Health Network.