Executive Moves

Marshalltown (Iowa) Medical & Surgical Center has named La Rae Schelling as its interim CEO, according to a report by the Times-Republican.

Robert Allen, CEO of 26-bed Park City (Utah) Medical Center, part of Intermountian Healthcare, oversaw the hospital's recent opening in February and has been part of the hospital's development since becoming CEO in April 2008.

Rhonda Anderson has been named CEO of Cardon Children's Medical Center on the Banner Desert Medical Center campus in Mesa, Ariz., according to the East Valley Tribune.

Kapil Bhalla, MD, has resigned as director of the Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center, according to a report by the Augusta Chronicle.

Ball Memorial Hospital, part of Clarian Health, in Muncie, Ind., has named Richard Helsper as its new COO, according to a report by Inside Indiana Business.

Medical Center of Arlington (Texas) has named Winston Borland as its new president and CEO, effective Jan. 11, according to a report by the Dallas Business Journal.

Medical City Dallas (Texas) Hospital has named Erol Akdamar as its new president and CEO, effective Jan. 11, according to a report by the Dallas Business Journal.

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Officials from Wichita, Kan.-based Preferred Health Systems and Bethesda, Md.-based Coventry Health Care answered questions from the Kansas Insurance Department and members of the public at a hearing regarding PHS's possible sale to Coventry, according to the Wichita Business Journal.

St. Vincent Medical Center-North in Sherwood, Ark., has named Tim Osterholm as its new CEO, according to a report by Arkansas Business.