Executive Moves

Carondelet Health Network in Tucson, Ariz., has welcomed Alan Strauss as executive vice president and CFO.

Mark Billings, president of Presbyterian Healthcare in Charlotte, N.C., since 2008, will leave the system to serve as president of Presybyterian's parent, Novant Health Shared Services in Winston-Salem, N.C., according to a Charlotte Observer report.

Methodist Healthcare in San Antonio has named David Handley as CEO of Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital in San Antonio, according to a San Antonio Business Journal report.

Provena Saint Joseph Hospital in Elgin, Ill., has promoted Laurence Dry to vice president of strategy and operations, according to a Courier-News report.

Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., has named Geoffrey Smallwood, MD, as CMO.

Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa., has named Ed O'Dea as CFO, according to a Salisbury Patch report.

Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, Md., has promoted Leslie Simmons, RN, BSN, MA, to executive vice president and COO, effective July 1.

Patrick Quinlan, MD, will step down as CEO of Ochsner Health System in New Orleans to head the new Ochsner Center for Community Wellness and Health Policy, effective Sept. 1.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. has named Daniel R. Waldmann as its first senior vice president of public affairs.

Mike Browning has served as CFO of Madison County Hospital in London, Ohio, since the fall of 2007, and MCH CEO Fred Kolb believes Mr. Browning has instituted a profitable business model at the hospital in a time of economic…