Executive Moves

Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia has named John Kastanis as president and CEO, effective immediately.

Los Angeles-based Providence Health & Services, Southern California has named Dale Surowitz as regional COO, according to a KHTS news report.

Bedford, Mass.-based Veterans Affairs New England Healthcare System has named Ryan Lilly as director of its VA Maine Healthcare System in Augusta.

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

Mimi Robertson, JD, serves as president and CEO of Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center in Denver and Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at P/SL, also in Denver. She began her role as CEO in 2000.

Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., is a part of San Diego-based Scripps Health.

Ophthalmologist Dongmei Chen, MD, has joined BayCare Clinic based in Green Bay, Wis., according to a news release.

Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande, Ore., is the only hospital in Union County, Oregon, covering a service area of more than 2,000 square miles and serving more than 25,000 residents.

Richard "Terry" Lang, CFO of Lewis County General Hospital in Lowville, N.Y., is leaving to take over as CFO of E.J. Noble Hospital of Gouverneur (N.Y.), according to a Watertown Daily Times report.

St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., has named Jeffrey Yarmel as executive vice president and COO.