Executive Moves

Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey (Calif.) Hospital named Jessica Almeida, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health has made multiple executive moves in 2024.

Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System has named Dean Kroll as its system vice president of facilities, effective Oct. 13.

Scott Foster-Edwards, MD, was appointed chief executive of Providence Clinical Network, North, encompassing Washington and Alaska, according to posts on LinkedIn.

Arsalan Sheikh, DO, has been appointed campus executive director of ChristianaCare Union Hospital in Elkton, Md.

Andy Woodard, president and CEO of Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Forrest Health, has resigned.

ChristianaCare has appointed Krystle Gandhi, DNP, RN, as chief nursing officer of its flagship Christiana Hospital in Newark, Del. She will step into the role Nov. 4, the Wilmington-based health system said in an Oct. 9 news release. 

Cindy Mahal, DNP, RN, was named chief administrative officer of Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif., according to an Oct. 8 news release shared with Becker's from its parent system, Renton, Wash.-based Providence.

Retirement and assuming a new role at a different organization are the most common next steps for retiring hospital and health system CEOs, as recently reported by Becker's.

Eli Lilly & Co. named its inaugural chief AI officer, who joins the company from Mount Sinai Health System.