La Rae Schelling, COO and chief nursing officer for Marshalltown (Iowa) Medical & Surgical Center, has left her position due to health issues, according to the Times-Republican.
Executive Moves
University Health Care System in Augusta, Ga., is expected to name Jim Davis, the organization's current COO, as its new president and CEO, according to The Augusta Chronicle.
Bill Adams, president and CEO of Reston (Vir.) Hospital Center who has worked with HCA for 29 years, will retire June 1, according to a press release.
Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, Calif., has named James N. Leonard president and CEO, according to The Fresno Bee.
Rick Scott, the former CEO of HCA, is a dark horse in the race to capture the Republican nomination for Florida governor in an Aug. 24 primary, according to a report by Forbes.
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson, Md., has named John B. Chessare, MD, MPH, FACHE, as its new president and CEO.
Kirkpatrick Conley will become CEO of Mesa View Regional Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Mesquite, Nev., according to a report by the Desert Valley Times.
Cincinnati's Health Alliance has named Kevin Joseph, MD, as the interim president of its West Chester (Ohio) Medical Center, according to the Business Courier of Cincinnati.
Sister Marie Puleo has been named interim president of Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Mass., following the resignation of Daniel H. O'Leary, MD, according to a report by the Boston Globe.
Ron Seal has resigned as CEO of Wesley Medical Center in Hattiesburg, Miss., according to a report by the Hattiesburg American.