Executive Moves

JT Barnhart began work Monday as the new CEO of Walton Regional Medical Center in Monroe, Ga., according to a report by The Walton Tribune.

Magruder Hospital in Port Clinton, Ohio, has appointed Michael Long as its new president and CEO, according to a Port Clinton News Herald report.

Mayers Memorial Hospital District in Fall River Mills, Calif., has appointed Matthew Rees as its new CEO, according to a Record Searchlight report.

Clinton Memorial Hospital Regional Health System in Wilmington, Ohio, has named Michael Choo, MD, as president and CEO, according to a report by The Washington News Journal.

Two county commissioners supported a resolution seeking the resignation of Logan County Medical Center's oversight board and CEO, following accusations that the hospital in Edmond, Okla., spent over $10,000 a month in public funds to draft political literature to influence…

The American Hospital Association has named eight new members to its board of trustees, effective Jan. 1, 2011, according to an AHA press release.

After 11 years away from the University of Chicago, Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD, has decided to return to the school where he taught for 17 years — this time as dean of the division of biological sciences at the Pritzker…

Here is a list of 20 new hospital and health system CFOs announced in 2010, listed in alphabetical order by last name and organized by month of the announcement of their hiring.

Kenneth Polonksy, MD, has been appointed dean of the division of biological sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine and executive vice president for medical affairs at the University of Chicago, according to a University of Chicago news release.

Kootenai Health in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has named Jon Ness as its new CEO, according to a Spokesman-Review report.