Executive Moves

UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pa., has named David Gibbons as COO, according to a GoErie.com report.

The Tulare (Calif.) Local Healthcare District board of directors has named Kevin Shimamoto as interim CEO of Tulare Regional Medical Center, according to a Visalia Times-Delta report.

Cadence Health, based in Winfield, Ill., has appointed Joseph Cacchione, MD, the chairman of operations and strategy for the Heart & Vascular Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, to its board.

Huggins Hospital in Wolfeboro, N.H., has named (pdf) Michael Connelly, CPA, as CEO.

M. Narendra Kini, MD, has served as president and CEO of Miami Children's Hospital since 2008. Dr. Kini is a board-certified pediatric emergency medicine physician, and he also holds a master's degree in hospital administration. As president and CEO, he…

Northern Berkshire Healthcare in North Adams, Mass., has named Timothy Jones as president and CEO.

Orange, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health has named Todd Salnas as president of St. Joseph Health-Sonoma County.

Catherine Jacobson assumed the role of president and CEO of Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health July 1, according to a Brookfield Now report.

Mineral Area Regional Medical Center in Farmington, Mo., and Franklin, Tenn.-based Capella Healthcare — of which MARMC is a part — have named Lynn Mergen as CEO, effective Aug. 1.

Steven P. Boyle, CEO of Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter's Health Partners, will retire October 1 after 24 years of executive leadership within the system.