Executive Moves

The University of California San Diego Health System has named Scott Lippman, MD, as the director of UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla, Calif., effective May 1.

Franciscan Health System in Tacoma, Wash., has announced Donna Russell-Cook as president of St. Elizabeth Hospital in Enumclaw, Wash., effective April 30.

Steward Health Care System in Boston has announced the abrupt resignation of Bill Walczak, president of its Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Mass., according to a Boston Globe report.

St. Luke's University Health Network based in Pennsylvania has named Scott Wolfe as president of its St. Luke's Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, N.J., according to an Express-Times report.

For Peter McCanna, CFO of Chicago's Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, all hospital and health system CFOs should ask themselves the following four questions to become "uber" healthcare financial executives:

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

Beaumont Health System based in Michigan has named Nancy Susick, RN, as president of Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Mich.

Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall, Mo., has announced Darin Haug, DO, as CMO, according to a Marshall Democrat-News report.

Marianne Foard, MS, BSN, RN, has been promoted to the newly created role of director of patient advocacy, service excellence and professional recruitment at Bayhealth, based in Dover, Del.

Gastroenterologist Sunitha Pudhota, MD, has joined the medical staff at Methodist Mansfield (Texas) Medical Center, according to a Focus Daily News report.