Terence M. O'Brien, CEO of Bon Secours Charity Health System, based in Suffern, N.Y., has resigned after only eight months on the job, according to a report by the Journal News.
Executive Moves
Brian Long, the new CEO of Rainy Lake Medical Center in International Falls, Minn., was introduced to members of the Falls Memorial Hospital auxiliary, according to a report in The Daily Journal.
David Abelson, MD, president of St. Louis Park, Minn.-based Park Nicollet Health Systems, will also serve as the health system's new CEO, according to a report in the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Chance Phillips has been named the new CFO of Oak Hill Hospital in Spring Hill, Fla., according to an Oak Hill news release.
Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., has named Julie Soekoro as its new CFO, according to a report in the Birmingham Business Journal.
Aurora Medical Group in Milwaukee, Wis., has named Brent Phillips as its new COO, according to a report in The Business Journal of Milwaukee.
R. Blake Curd, MD, an orthopedic surgeon who is co-owner of the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Surgical Hospital, has announced his Republican candidacy for South Dakota's only U.S. House seat, according to a release from Dr. Curd.
CEO Dennis Goebel of Mercy Medical Center in Williston, N.D., has resigned, according to a report in the Williston Herald.
Berger Health System in Circleville, Ohio, has named Tim Colburn as its new president and CEO, effective Oct.1, according to a report by the Chillicothe Gazette.
Sisters of Mercy Health System has appointed Gary Pulsipher as the president and CEO of its recently acquired St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo., according to a report by the St. Louis Business Journal.