K. Scott Abrams, CFO of Beaver Dam (Wis.) Community Hospital, has announced he will resign from his position effective Oct. 6, according to a Beaver Dam Daily Citizen report.
Executive Moves
Ford Titus ended his 41-year career with ProHealth Care and Waukesha (Wis.) Memorial Hospital when he stepped down as CEO last week, according to a Journal-Sentinel report.
University Hospital in Cincinnati has named Nancy Barone COO, according to a Cincinnati Enquirer report.
OhioHealth Corp. has appointed Greg Long to the COO position at Doctors Hospital in Nelsonville, Ohio, according to a Columbus Business First report.
Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, W. Va., has named Hugh H. Collins as the new CEO for the not-for-profit healthcare facility, according to a Point Pleasant Register report.
Steven Patonai will take over as CEO of Wuesthoff Health System in Melbourne, Fla., today, hoping to end the long competitive friction with rival Health First, according to a Florida Today report.
North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, Minn., has named Larry Taylor as CEO, one month after the hospital's former CEO, David Cress, was arrested during an undercover prostitution sting, according to a WCCO report.
Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa, Ariz., has named Laura Robertson CEO following the retirement of former CEO Don Evans, according to a Phoenix Business Journal report.
Dan Buck has announced his resignation from the CEO position at St. Patrick Center in St. Louis, effective Nov. 8, according to a St. Louis Business Journal report.
University Health Care System in Augusta, Ga., has named former chief nurse Marilyn Bowcutt as senior vice president and COO, according to an Augusta Chronicle report.