Executive Moves

LCMC Health has named Jeffrey Elder, MD, as permanent chief medical officer of University Medical Center New Orleans.

Charles "Chuck" Morris, MD, is transitioning from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston to Portland-based MaineHealth, where he will serve as regional chief medical officer. 

Piedmont Atlanta Hospital has appointed Jyoti Sharma, MD, as its new chief medical officer. 

Mercy Health has named Linsey Paul as the new chief nursing officer for the Mercy Health-Lima market. 

Mouneer Odeh has been named the inaugural chief data and artificial intelligence officer of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has named Wendy Warren senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer, effective March 3.

Kelley Morris was named president and CEO of the Memorial and Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital foundations, the philanthropic arms of Memorial Healthcare System and Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, Fla.

New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals has appointed chief medical officers to two of the health system's long-term care facilities. 

Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network has named Bethany Casagranda, DO, chief medical officer. Dr. Casagranda will also serve as president of Allegheny Clinic, the system's physician organization.

Don Avery, president and CEO of HCA Healthcare's Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin, Ga., will retire on July 3.