Mitch Katz, the current director of San Francisco's public health department, plans to leave the city at the beginning of 2011 to become health director for Los Angeles County, according to a San Francisco Gate report.
Executive Moves
University of Cincinnati Health has named W. Brian Gibler, MD, as president and CEO of University Hospital in Cincinnati, as well as senior vice president of UC Health, according to a Cincinnati Business Courier report.
Tenet Healthcare Corporation has appointed Carolyn Jackson as CEO of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, according to a Tenet news release.
Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Mass., has chosen Howard R. Grant, MD, as the hospital's next president and CEO, according to a hospital news release.
Indiana's Clarian Health has named Philip M. Dulberger, MD, as CEO and CMO for Clarian Saxony Medical Center, currently under construction in Fishers, Ind., according to an Inside Indiana report.
Gene Michalski, CEO of Beaumont Hospitals in Troy, Mich., has led his hospital system through several major initiatives over the last several years, including a $220 million expansion of its Troy location, an emergency center expansion and the development of…
Hospital Corporation of America has named Greg Caples COO of Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tenn., according to a Nashville Business Journal report.
Silverton (Ore.) Hospital has named Rick Cagen as its new vice president and administrator, according to a Statesman Journal report.
Rural hospitals that chose not to enroll in Minnesota's scaled back General Assistance Medical Care will lose millions of dollars providing charity care to poor patient populations, according to a Minnesota Public Radio report.
Alvin R. Lawson, JD, CEO of Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant, W. Va., will leave the hospital to accept a job with HealthSouth Western Regional Rehabilitation Hospital in Parkersburg, W. Va., according to a My Daily Register report.