Executive Moves

Brandywine Hospital  in Coatesville, Pa., has named Bryan Burklow as its new CEO, according to a report by Columbus Business First.

Paul Levy, president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is being recognized for his altruistic paycut policy, in which he convinced higher-paid employees to take a paycut in order to retain lower-paid staff, according to a…

Spectrum Health Systems, based in Worcester, Mass., has elected Mark P. Bilotta as chairman and Verilyn Mitchell as vice chairperson of its Board of Trustees, according to a Spectrum news release.

St. Luke’s Hospital in Columbus, N.C., has named Kenneth A. Shull as its new CEO, according to a news release by Highland-Cashiers Hospital, Dr. Shull’s previous employer.

Debra London, CEO of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Mercy Health Partners, has resigned, according to a repot by the Knoxville News Sentinel.

Chad Aduddell, Bone and Joint Hospital (Oklahoma City, Okla.). Mr. Aduddell, now 36, became president of 102-bed Bone and Joint Hospital in March 2007. His key goal is to develop an environment of patient-centered care, upholding clinical excellence. He has…

Thomas Jackiewicz has been named as the new CEO of the University of California, San Diego Medical Center, where he will manage nearly 5,300 employees, including 700 physicians, according to a report in the San Diego Business Journal.

L. Clark Taylor Jr., president and CEO of Ephraim McDowell Health in Danville, Ky., has announced his resignation effective Jan. 4, 2010, according to an EMH news release.

Thomas C. Mroczkowski, president and CEO of Northern Michigan Regional Health System in Petoskey, Mich., died suddenly on Nov. 29 after a massive heart attack, according to a report in the Petoskey News.

Weitzel-Kern Surgery Center at Fremont (Ohio) Memorial Hospital recently added Aleeta Somers-DeHaney, MD, a board-certified anesthesiologist, to its staff, according to a report by the News-Messenger.