Executive Moves

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

Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., has named Brenda Traweek as COO, according to The Birmingham News.

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare has named Bockhi Park as CEO of Sherman Oaks Hospital and Encino Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, according to a San Fernando Valley Business Journal report.

Newman Regional Health System in Emporia, Kan., has named John Rossfeld as interim CEO, according to The Emporia Gazette.

Arthur Gonzalez, CEO of Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare System, which operates Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, has resigned to serve as CEO of Denver Health, according to a Star Tribune report.

The University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine has appointed Sue Carlisle, MD, PhD, to the position of vice dean.

Tenet Healthcare-owned Coastal Carolina Hospital in Jasper, S.C., has named Brad S. Talbert CEO, effective Aug. 6, according to an Island Packet report.

Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, has named Edward Hannon CEO, according to a Bangor Daily News report.

David Blumenthal, MD, will leave his role as chief health information and innovation officer at Boston-based Partners HealthCare System to serve as president of The Commonwealth Fund, effective Jan. 1.

Mercy Health System, based in Conshohocken, Pa., has named Neil S. Whitaker, MD, chief medical officer.