Mary Margaret Huizinga, MD, has joined LifePoint Hospitals, based in Brentwood, Tenn., as vice president of quality, according to a news release. Dr. Huizinga comes to LifePoint from McKinsey & Company, where she served as an associate in its Washington,…
Executive Moves
St. Anthony North Hospital in Westminster, Colo., has named Carole Peet president and CEO, effective Sept. 19, according to a Denver Business Journal news report.
Grady Health System in Atlanta has named John Haupert president and CEO of Grady Memorial Hospital, pending final approval from the hospital board, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution news report.
Methodist Health System has named John Phillips president of Methodist Mansfield (Texas) Medical Center, according to a health system news release.
Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem recently announced Theodore Mazzone, MD, will be the new chair of its Department of Medicine, and Paul J. Pearson, MD, will head its cardiac surgery division, according to NUH news releases.
St. David's HealthCare announced today that Donald H. Wilkerson has been named chief executive officer of St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas, according to a health system news release.
Paul DellaRocco, CEO of Franciscan Children's Hospital in Boston, has been removed from his post by the hospital board for allegedly inappropriately billing the hospital for expenses, according to a Boston Globe news report.
Jim Van Dornick, CEO of Community Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls, Wis., has announced his plans to retire in August after 39 years of service to the hospital, according to a hospital news release.
Spiros Hatiras, CEO of Hoboken (N.J.) University Medical Center, has announced his resignation, according to a Hudson Reporter news report.
The American Hospital Association has named Benjamin K. Chu, MD, MPH, MACP, group president for Kaiser Permanente Southern California and Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, as chair-elect of the association.He will become chair of AHA, the group's top elected leader, in 2013.…