Allina Hospitals & Clinics has named Lori Wightman president of Unity Hospital in Fridley, Minn., effective Jan. 2011, according to a hospital system news release.
Executive Moves
Los Angeles County supervisors have voted unanimously to offer Mitchell H. Katz, MD, the head position at L.A. County's health services department, according to an LA Times report.
John Quinlivan has been named market president for HCA's TriStar Health System's three hospitals in northwest Georgia, as well as CEO for Redmond Regional Medical Center in Rome, Ga., according to a Rome News-Tribune report.
The Institute of Medicine elected 65 new members and four foreign associates at its 40th annual meeting yesterday, according to an IOM news release.
Here is a list of five recent hospital CEOs who were fired or suspended from their positions.
McAlester (Okla.) Regional Health Center's hospital board has voted to terminate the contract of hospital administrator Shaun Beggs, effective immediately, according to a McAlester News report.
Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla., has named Mark Bryan CEO, according to a South Florida Business Journal report.
Sisters of Charity Leavenworth Health System in Lenexa, Kan., has appointed Michael A. Slubowski as president and CEO, according to a hospital system news release.
IASIS Healthcare in Franklin, Tenn., has named Phillip J. Mazzuca as COO, according to a health system news release.
Grady W. "Skip" Philips III has been named the CEO of Memorial Hospital in Martinsville, Va., according to a Martinsville Bulletin report.