Executive Moves

Harold E. "Gene" Tucker, has retired as president and CEO of Marion (S.C.) Regional Healthcare System, according to a report by South Carolina Now.

Ronald Guziak has been named president and CEO of both Sun Health Services and Sun Health Foundation, according to a report by the Phoenix Business Journal.

Mark Benz, CEO of Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville, Pa., has resigned to pursue other opportunities, according to a report in The Daily Local News.

Tenet Healthcare Corp. announced that Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., has named Gary Honts as its new CEO, according to a Tenet news release.

Pete Basler, CEO of Incline Village (Nev.) Community Hospital has resigned, and Bob Schapper, CEO of Tahoe Forest Health System which runs the hospital, will serve as interim CEO, according to a report in the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza.

Ryan Smith, CEO of Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, recently discussed the challenges his hospital has faced in the past year and how it will overcome them in a report by the Alaska Journal of Commerce.

Texas Spine & Joint Hospital, a physician-owned hospital in Tyler, Texas, has added a GE Discovery 750 3T MRI system to its imaging services, the first system of its kind in East Texas, according to a TSJH release.

Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark., has named Melody Trimble as its new CEO and David Rothenberger as its new CFO, according to a report in The City Wire.

Rob Cooper, CEO of Marshalltown (Iowa) Medical & Surgical Center, will retire on Jan. 1, 2010, according to a report in The Times-Republican.

Brazosport Regional Health System in Lake Jackson, Texas, has named Chuck Jeffress as its new CFO, according to a BRHS news release.