Jason Carter has been appointed president and COO of Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, N.C., effective immediately, after serving in the roles on an interim basis for the past six months. Mr. Carter brings two decades of healthcare leadership experience…
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John LaPorta has been named CFO of Summit (N.J.) Oaks Hospital, according to a May 17 LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, Mr. LaPorta served as manager of revenue management for Penn Medicine Princeton (N.J.) Health, according to his…
Linda Walker has been appointed CEO of Llano (Texas) Regional Hospital, effective May 19. Llano Regional established independent governance on April 1, according to a May 19 hospital news release. In her new role, Ms. Walker will oversee operations and…
Michele Morrison, RN, has been named president and chief hospital executive of JFK University Medical Center in Edison, N.J., after serving in those roles on an interim basis. Ms. Morrison has been part of Edison-based Hackensack Meridian Health for nearly…
Josh Kooistra, DO, was appointed president of Corewell Health in West Michigan. Dr. Kooistra, an associate dean for the College of Human Medicine at East Lansing-based Michigan State University, has served in the role on an interim basis since December,…
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Tamar Kutz was appointed interim president and CEO of Decatur (Ill.) Memorial Hospital, effective May 25, according to a hospital news release shared with Becker’s. Ms. Kutz has spent the last six years serving as vice president of quality and…
Kimberley Allsbrook has been named CFO of Southeastern Virginia Health System at Hampton (Va.), according to a May 17 LinkedIn post. Prior to her new role, Ms. Allsbrook served as senior vice president of operations and finance and CFO of…
Christian Wallis has been appointed interim CEO of the Northern Inyo Healthcare District, which operates a 25-bed critical access hospital in Bishop, Calif. Mr. Wallis brings more than three decades of healthcare leadership experience, most recently serving as CEO of…
Adrian Larson has been named COO of Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M. Mr. Larson brings more than a decade of healthcare leadership experience, most recently serving COO of UNM Hospital Sandoval Campus in Rio Rancho, N.M., since June…
Paula Bell, PharmD, has been named CEO of West Tennessee Healthcare’s Henry County Hospital in Paris, Tenn. Dr. Bell has served as the hospital’s director of pharmacy since 2018, according to a May 15 health system news release. She has…