Executive Moves

Scott Polenz, CEO of Neillsville, Wis.-based Memorial Medical Center, has resigned.

Keith Parrott has been promoted to the newly created position of executive vice president and COO of Birmingham, Ala.-based Baptist Health System.

Physicians Hospital System, a network of physician-owned healthcare facilities in Indiana and North Dakota, has appointed Albert W. Pilkington, III, CEO of Doctors Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D.

Walter Ettinger, MD, president of UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass., is departing the healthcare organization, according to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report.

Robert Stillwell, CFO of Metropolitan Nashville (Tenn.) Hospital Authority, has stepped down from his post, according to a Tennessean report.

Mark Stensager, president and CEO of Guthrie Healthcare System and co-CEO of Guthrie Health, both based in Sayre, Pa., has announced his retirement.

Maureen Bryant has resigned as president and CEO of Morton Hospital, a Steward Health Care facility in Taunton, Mass., according to a Herald News report.

Ralph Gabarro, president and CEO of Mayo Regional Hospital in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, has announced his plans to retire at the end of October, according to a Bangor Daily News report.

Vance Jackson has been appointed interim administrator of Palo Alto County Health System, which is based in Emmetsburg, Iowa, according to an Emmetsburg News report.

Detroit Medical Center has named Shawn Levitt, RN, senior vice president and CNO.