Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs, Wyo., has hired Deborah Gaspar as chief nursing officer, according to a B.E. Smith news release.
Executive Moves
Diana L. Smalley, president and CEO of Mercy Health System of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, has been nominated as the 2012–2013 chairwoman-elect of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Adel Amir has been named interim CEO of Carthage (N.Y.) Area Hospital, according to a Watertown Daily Times report.
Kevin M. McGeachy has been appointed executive director of North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System's Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York in New Hyde Park.
Sean Whilden has been named vice president and CFO of Houston Healthcare based in Warner Robins, Ga., according to a Telegraph report.
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Lynn LeBouef, CEO of Tomball (Texas) Regional Medical Center, has stepped down to take a new position with parent company Community Health Systems as a liaison for legislative and strategic affairs, according to a Your Houston News report.
Joseph A. Stewart has been appointed president and CEO of Sierra View District Hospital in Porterville, Calif., according to a Porterville Recorder report.
Health Management Associates, a hospital operator based in Naples, Fla., has named Kerry Gillespie to the newly created post of executive vice president of operations finance, effective Jan. 1.
Karen S. Hill has been appointed COO and CNO of Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Ky., according to a Lexington Herald-Leader report.
South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in Foley, Ala., has announced the passing of CEO Rich McAuliffe after a battle with cancer.