Alice Coombs, MD, of Sharon, Mass., an anesthesiologist and critical care physician at South Shore Hospital, has been named as president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, according to a report in The Boston Herald.
Executive Moves
UNC Hospitals, based in Chapel Hill, N.C., has named Brian P. Goldstein, MD, MBA, as its next executive vice president and COO, effective July 1, according to a UNC Hospitals news release.
Community Health Systems has reassigned Tim Trottier, CEO of its 369-bed Easton (Pa.) Hospital, to a business development position at its Philadelphia-area offices, according to a report by The Express-Times.
Sara Poling has been named interim CEO at Allen Health System in Waterloo, Iowa, according to a report by the Waterloo Daily Courier.
Douglas Mayers, MD, has been appointed chief of the Institute of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, according to a report by the Cleveland Sun News.
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Scott R. Wolfe has submitted his resignation as president and CEO of 463-bed Reading (Pa.) Hospital, citing a new administrative structure emphasizing a physician-led organization, according to a report by the Reading Eagle.
Robert Peebles has been named the new president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa, according to a report by KCAU TV.
Cardiac surgeon Michael Schatzlein, MD, has been appointed CEO of Saint Thomas Health Services, a four-hospital system in Tennessee that is part of Ascension Health, according to a report by the Tennessean.
Steve Perkins is the new CEO at 33-bed South Central Kansas Regional Medical Center in Arkansas City, Kansas, according to a report by Ark City.
Bob Cash, CEO of Intermountain Healthcare's Logan (Utah) Regional Hospital, has resigned to serve as operations officer at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, effective June 7, according to a news release by Logan Regional.