Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo., is one of 10 hospitals in the Kansas City and surrounding areas affiliated with Kansas City, Mo.-based HCA Midwest Health System.
Executive Moves
Denise Brooks-Williams is president and CEO of Henry Ford Hospital Wyandotte (Mich.). Prior to that role, she served as president and CEO of Bronson Battle Creek (Mich.) formerly Battle Creek Health System, a 218-bed, all private room community hospital.
McKay-Dee Hospital Center in Ogden, Utah, is part of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare.
Methodist South Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., has named James "Jay" Robinson III as CEO.
Dallas-based Parkland Health & Hospital System's board of managers has named Robert Smith as interim CEO, replacing Thomas Royer, MD, whose contract expires at the end of August.
Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., is the academic medical center of the new Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, and it is one of the main providers in southern New Jersey.
Alexian Brothers Health System, based in Arlington Heights, Ill., has named Paul Belter CFO.
The Louisiana Hospital Association has announced that Kathy J. Bobbs, president and CEO of Regional Health System of Acadiana in Lafayette, will serve as its next board chair.
Mary Anne McCrea has been named chief nursing officer of Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., according to a Desert Sun report.
Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital named Michael Ivy, MD, senior vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer.