Executive Moves

Tim Williams has been appointed COO of AdventHealth DeLand (Fla.).

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has named Alric Simmonds, MD, chief physician executive, effective March 24. 

Lexington, Ky.-based UK HealthCare has named Emily Goertz associate vice president and chief revenue officer, according to a March 12 post on the health system's LinkedIn page. 

Insight Hospital and Medical Center Trumbull of Warren, Ohio, has named Gray Goncz, DO, president and chief restructuring officer. Dr. Goncz will succeed Cindy Russo.

Highpoint Health, a joint venture between Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health and Ascension Saint Thomas, has named a CEO for two of its hospitals.

Patricia Donley, DNP, RN, has been named senior vice president and chief nursing executive for WellSpan Health in York, Pa. 

Juan Salazar, MD, was named physician-in-chief for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt and chair of the department of pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, both in Nashville, Tenn.

Jeff Ehlers is retiring after 26 years as CFO of Marysville, Ohio-based Memorial Health, the system's president and CEO, Chip Hubbs, said in a March 12 LinkedIn post. 

Mark Murrill has been appointed COO of AdventHealth Porter in Denver.

In a unanimous, March 10 vote, Aaron Byzak was appointed interim CEO of the Grossmont Healthcare District in La Mesa, Calif., by the five-member district board during a special meeting, according to a district news release.