Executive Moves

Transparent is one word that has come to define David Fox, CEO of Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downer’s Grove, Ill. While many leaders today put considerable effort into hiding their mistakes, and those of their organization, Mr. Fox believes…

David Fox, president of Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill., has been named Becker’s Hospital Review’s Hospital CEO of the Year.

Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital has named Anne Jamieson as its new president and CEO, according to a report by the Portsmouth Herald.

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, based in Boston, has named Bruce Bullen as interim CEO, according to a report by the Boston Globe.

David Popen, senior vice president and chief development officer at Gallatin, Tenn.-based Sumner Regional Health Systems, has resigned his position, according to a report by the Tennessean.

Louisiana State University Health System in Baton Rouge, La., has named Roxane Townsend, MD, as head of its healthcare services division, which oversees seven state-run hospitals in southern Louisiana, according to a report by the Times-Picayune.

St. John's Medical Center in Jackson, Wyo., has named Pam Maples Maher as its interim CEO, according to a report by the Jackson Hole News & Guide.

Tenet Healthcare Corp. has named Joe Thomason as CEO of Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas, according to a report in the Dallas Business Journal.

Bayhealth Medical Center, which operates two hospitals and several related facilities in Southern Delaware, has announced that Terry Murphy will succeed Dennis E. Klima as CEO on Oct. 1, according to a report in The News Journal.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals has announced James Benedict, Jr., as president of its Ahuja Medical Center in Beachwood, Ohio, which is currently under construction, according to a report by the Plain Dealer.