Via Christi Health has named Kevin Strecker as CEO for its new 68-bed West Wichita, Kan., hospital, which opens in August, according to a report by the Wichita Business Journal.
Executive Moves
Jennifer D. Alderfer has been appointed CEO of 157-bed North Suburban Medical Center in Thornton, Colo., operated by HCA-HealthOne, a joint venture of HCA and the Colorado Health Foundation, according to a release from North Suburban.
Palm Drive Hospital in Sebastopol, Calif., has named its second interim CEO, following a bankruptcy filing and cancelling the appointment of a permanent CEO, according to a report by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
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.
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.
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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.
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.