Sean Barden, executive vice president and CFO of Fredericksburg, Va.-based Mary Washington Healthcare, is retiring after more than 17 years in the role. Thomas Mathews has been named the system’s new executive vice president and CFO, according to a news…
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John Nickens has been named president and CEO of Phoenix Children’s, effective no later than Oct. 1. Mr. Nickens currently serves as corporate president of hospitals and CEO of University Medical Center, part of New Orleans-based LCMC Health, according to…
Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth is preparing for change at the top of the organization. President and CEO Liz Dunne will retire after a decade of service to the organization, with a veteran PeaceHealth executive named to succeed her, according to a…
Ron Belfont has been named interim vice president and CIO of Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth. Mr. Belfont brings three decades of technology experience, including the past 11 years at Bayhealth. He most recently served as chief information security officer. He replaces…
Marietta, Ga.-based Wellstar Health System has named Ketul Patel as its next president and CEO. Mr. Patel currently serves as CEO of Tacoma, Wash.-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health and president of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s Pacific Northwest region. He plans to…
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Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has named CEOs for two of its Florida hospitals. Aimee Keller-Pickford has been appointed CEO of AdventHealth Winter Garden (Fla.), according to a July 7 health system news release. Ms. Keller-Pickford has been with AdventHealth for…
Cliff Wilson was appointed market president and CEO of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System, effective Aug. 11. Mr. Wilson will replace Troy Greer, who resigned in June after two years in the role. Mr. Greer’s departure marked the five-hospital system’s…
Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Health System has named Melissa Smith system vice president of finance, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Smith joins Nicklaus Children’s from Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System, where she served as vice president…
Las Vegas-based MountainView Hospital named Theresa Kloewer, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer. Ms. Kloewer comes from HCA Healthcare’s Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center, according to a July 7 hospital LinkedIn post. She has served in various leadership positions at HCA Healthcare…
Brian Roland was appointed CEO of Elkview General Hospital in Hobart, Okla., according to a July 7 news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Roland brings three decades of healthcare experience to the new role, according to the release. Most recently,…