Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Group in Portland has appointed its inaugural board of directors and executive leadership team. The nine-member board is led by Brian Druker, MD, president of the Knight Cancer Group, according to a Sept.…
Executive Moves
Tonya Richards has been appointed chief human resources officer of University Hospital in Newark, N.J., she wrote in a Sept. 23 LinkedIn post. Ms. Richards most recently served as vice president of human resources and organizational development at Maimonides Medical…
Hospitals have posted 103 CEO exits through the first eight months of 2026, up 21% from 85 in the same period last year, according to a report from global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas published Sept. 24. Five things…
Daniel Egan, MD, was named chief of emergency medicine at New Brunswick, N.J.-based Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and chair of the department of emergency medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, also in New Brunswick. In this role,…
Sutter Health, a 27-hospital system based in Sacramento, Calif., has named Eboney Hadnott, PharmD, as its vice president of ambulatory pharmacy. Dr. Hadnott, who announced the news Sept. 23 on LinkedIn, most recently served as the network director of ambulatory…
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Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine appointed Kate Matousek, BSN, RN, president of Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital in Palos Heights, Ill. In her new role, Ms. Matousek oversees hospital operations, quality performance and strategic growth initiatives, according to a Sept. 22 health system…
Charleston, S.C.-based MUSC Health named Jason Cox CEO of its Pee Dee Division in Florence, S.C. Mr. Cox will lead MUSC Health Florence Medical Center, MUSC Health Marion Medical Center in Mullins, S.C., MUSC Health Black River Medical Center in…
The Joint Commission’s CEO and president, Jonathan Perlin, MD, PhD, will retire at the end of 2026. Its board of commissioners appointed COO James Merlino, MD, to succeed Dr. Perlin Jan. 1, 2027, as the organization’s eighth president and CEO. …
Justin Morley was appointed president of Ascension Seton Cedar Park (Texas) Hospital, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. Mr. Morley started in the role in September and previously spent eight years with St. Louis-based SSM Health, most recently…
Stephen Demers has been promoted to CEO of Memorial Hospital West in Pembroke Pines, Fla., according to a Sept. 21 LinkedIn post from Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System. Mr. Demers has served as CEO of Memorial Hospital Miramar (Fla.) since…