Executive Moves

James Kirby, II has been appointed the president and CEO of Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C., according to a WHKP news report.

Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Del., has chosen Patrick Grusenmeyer to lead as president of Christiana Care Health Initiatives, which includes the Glasgow Medical Center and Delaware Sleep Centers, according to a Newark Post news report.

Allen E. Peters has been appointed CEO of Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley, W.V., effective early August, according to a local CBS news report.

Ottumwa (Iowa) Regional Health Center has named Phil Dionne CEO of the hospital, effective July 5, according to a news release from RegionalCare, parent company of ORHC.

David Pizzuto, MD, has been named vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer of Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital, according to a Republican American news report.

Tim Appenheimer, MD, has been promoted to vice president and chief medical officer of Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon Ill., effective July 3, according to a hospital news release.

Thomas Tulisiak, MD, has been appointed president of Medina (Ohio) Hospital, effective Sept. 1, according to a Cleveland Clinic news release.

A new committee has been formed to spearhead the search for the new CEO of St. Luke's Wood River Medical Center in Hailey, Idaho, according to an Idaho Mountain Express news report.

CEO Debbie Linnes of Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based SoutheastHEALTH has resigned from her post due to "differences in management philosophy," according to a Southeast Missourian news report.

TeamHealth appointed David Grinbergs, DO, FACEP, as president of its emergency medicine division, according to a company news release.