Sue Shugart has been named CEO of Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, N.C., and market president of two other Duke LifePoint hospitals in the state, effective May 26. As market president, Ms. Shugart will oversee strategic alignment across Haywood…
Executive Moves
St. Louis-based SSM Health has named Kim Henrichsen, MSN, RN, the permanent president of two hospitals after she had served in the role on an interim basis since December. Ms. Henrichsen will serve as president of SSM Health Saint Louis…
Victoria Woodrow will step down as CEO of Hamilton Memorial Hospital District in McLeansboro, Ill., effective July 24. Ms. Woodrow has led the organization for 10 years, guiding it through quality and financial achievements, according to an April 23 hospital…
Brian Dieter will retire in early August as president and CEO of Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa, a role he has held since 2008. Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Dieter served as the hospital’s CFO for nine years,…
John Hennelly has stepped down as CEO of Sonoma (Calif.) Valley Hospital, effective April 22, after four years in the role. Ben Armfield, the hospital’s CFO, has been named interim CEO, according to an April 22 hospital statement from Wendy…
Mountain View, Calif.-based El Camino Health has promoted Brian Fong to assistant vice president of revenue cycle management, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. Mr. Fong has been with the health system for more than 13 years, most…
Jiapeng Huang, MD, PhD, has been named chief scientific officer and associate dean for clinical research at the University of Louisville (Ky.) School of Medicine and UofL Health – the first joint leadership role created between the medical school and…
HCA Florida Lake City Hospital appointed Krista Hatley, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer. Ms. Hatley will oversee all nursing units at the 141-bed medical-surgical acute care hospital and its affiliated freestanding emergency department, Live Oak-based HCA Florida Suwannee Emergency, according…
UNC Health CEO and UNC School of Medicine Dean Wesley Burks, MD, will step down from his roles effective Sept. 1. Dr. Burks is leaving “to focus more efforts on the development of North Carolina Children’s, as well as spend…
University Hospital in Newark, N.J., has selected New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Kaitlan Baston, MD, as interim CEO, effective May 3. Dr. Baston will temporarily step into the role held by Ed Jimenez, according to an April 22 hospital…