Executive Moves

Ellen Zane, CEO of Boston's Tufts Medical Center, is retiring effective Sept. 30, according to a Boston Globe report.

Rick Scott's skills building Columbia/HCA into a healthcare juggernaut in the 1990s will be put to good use in his new job as the new Republican governor of Florida, says a good friend who has known him for 36 years.

Thirty percent of healthcare organizations are "not at all prepared" to deal with a sudden loss of key members of the senior management team, according to an AMA survey.

St. Louis-based Ascension Health recently named Vincent C. Caponi, CEO of St. Vincent Health in Indianapolis, the new Ministry Market Leader for Wisconsin.

Larry Sanders, chairman and CEO of Columbus, Ga.-based Columbus Regional Healthcare System, announced his plan to retire on Sept. 30, according to a news release by the health system.

Point Pleasant, W. Va.-based Pleasant Valley Hospital announced that Hugh H. Collins is no longer its CEO, according to a Point Pleasant Register report.

The Pluta Cancer Center in Henrietta, N.Y., recently named Kelly McCormick-Sullivan as its new president and CEO in place of John Oberlies, who is retiring after four years, according to a Rochester Business Journal report.

Joseph P. Ross, FACHE, has been named president and CEO of Meritus Health in Hagerstown, Md., according to a Meritus news release. Most recently, Mr. Ross served as president and CEO of Shore Health System of Maryland in Easton. Mr.…

Edward Nawrocki has been named president of Luke’s Riverside Hospital in Bethlehem Township, Penn., according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report. For the past seven years, Mr. Nawrocki has served as president of St. Luke’s Quakertown (Penn.) Campus, where he…

Charles Stewart has resigned from his post as CEO of Hutcheson Medical Center in Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., according to a Chattanooga Times Free Press report. Gerald Faircloth, hospital’s VP of operations and interim CFO, also resigned. Both resignations are effective…