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.
Executive Moves
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.
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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.
Richard L. Jones, president and CEO of Abington Memorial Hospital in Warminster, Pa., announced that he will retire on Jan. 31, 2010, according to a report in the Bucks County Courier Times.
Ken Bank, president and CEO of Northfield (Minn.) Hospital & Clinics, announced that he will be retiring from the hospital within the next year, according to a report in the Northfield News.
The Morgan County (Ga.) Hospital Authority voted to terminate the contract of Brandon Jolley, the former CEO of Morgan Memorial Hospital in Madison, Ga., according to a report in the Morgan County Citizen.
The Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth, Maine, has named John McCormack as its interim CEO, according to a report in the Bangor Daily News.