Sherry Perkins, PhD, RN, has been promoted to the position of COO of Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Md., according to a Citybizlist Baltimore report.
Executive Moves
Betsy Kuzas has been named executive vice president and COO at Phoenix Children's Hospital.
William Patten Jr. will be the new CEO of Powell Valley Healthcare, in Powell, Wyo., beginning in Feb. 2012, according to a Powell Tribune report.
Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia appointed John N. Kastanis, FACHE, as interim chief executive officer, according to a Temple University Health System news release.
The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania has named the organization's 2012 board of directors and officers.
CHRISTUS Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi, Texas, has named James Cato chief nursing executive, according to a Caller report.
Ruth W. Brinkley has been named CEO of KentuckyOne Health, the organization created from the recent merger of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare and Saint Joseph Health System, according to a Courier-Journal report.
Fred DeGrandis has been chosen to lead the Ohio Hospital Association's board for 2012.
Daryl Tol, market CEO for the Florida Hospital Volusia/Flagler Market, will transition to serve in both this role and as CEO of Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center in Daytona Beach, according to an Adventist Health System release.
Trent Crable, CEO of George Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., has been out since Sept. 30, according to a Washington Business Journal report.