Executive Moves

MetroHealth, based in Cleveland, has named Mavis Bechtle CNO, according to a health system release.

Mike Carter, CEO of Miners' Colfax Medical Center in Raton, N.M., has resigned from his job, effective Oct. 14, according to a Raton Range report.

Jim Murphy, CEO of Herington (Kan.) Municipal Hospital, has resigned, according to an Abilene Reflector-Chronicle report.

Joanne Fenton, CEO of St. Mary's Hospital in Streator, Ill., has announced her resignation, effective Sept. 27, according to a hospital release.

Robert J. Caldas, DO, has been named CMO and senior vice president of Southcoast Hospitals Group, part of Southcoast Health System based in New Bedford, Mass., according to a health system release.

Tammy Mims has been appointed COO of Effingham Hospital in Springfield, Ga., according to an Effingham Herald report.

Lubbock (Texas) Heart Hospital has named Roy Vinson CEO, effective today, according to a hospital release.

The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.

John Schlegelmilch, MD, will be retiring from his position as CMO and president of Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth Hitchcock Keene, both located in Keene, N.H., effective Oct. 15, according to a hospital release.

Doctors Hospital of Augusta (Ga.) has named Doug Welch CEO, effective Oct. 1, according to a WRDW report.