Phoenix Children’s has named Joshua Koch, MD, as senior vice president and hospital based in chief, a new role at the pediatric health system. Dr. Koch will oversee critical care, neonatology and fetal care, emergency departments and urgent cares, hospital…
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Carrie Romano, DNP, RN, will become chief nurse executive of Cincinnati Children’s on Sept. 6, a role the health system has renamed from chief nursing officer to reflect nursing’s expanded enterprise leadership. Dr. Romano, who has more than 36 years…
Minneapolis-based Children’s Minnesota has named Kim Cronsell, MD, as its new chief medical information officer. Dr. Cronsell stepped into the role Aug. 3. She is replacing Colin Moore, MD, chief medical information officer, who is departing Children’s Minnesota Aug. 17.…
Ajla Sutkovic has been appointed COO of Banner Baywood Medical Center and Banner Heart Hospital, both in Mesa, Ariz., effective in July. Ms. Sutkovic looks forward to partnering with physicians, leaders and frontline teams to strengthen culture and improve patient…
Alex Le has been named senior vice president and COO at Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health. Mr. Le most recently served at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, according to an Aug. 3 health system news release. He brings more than…
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Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center has named Warren D’Souza, PhD, as its inaugural chief artificial intelligence officer. Dr. D’Souza joined UT Southwestern Medical Center in July, a spokesperson for the organization confirmed to Becker’s. In this role, he is responsible…
Rockford, Ill.-based Mercyhealth has named Patty Allen CFO, according to an Aug. 3 LinkedIn post from the health system. Ms. Allen joins the health system with more than 20 years of healthcare financial leadership experience, according to the post. She…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health has named Carmen Solorzano, MD, interim chair of the section of surgical sciences and David Penson, MD, interim system surgeon-in-chief. Both leaders will step into their respective roles Oct. 16, according to an Aug. 4 news…
Becker’s has reported on three health systems naming new chief revenue officers in 2026: 1. Oklahoma City-based Integris Health named David Summers chief revenue officer. He joined Integris Health from Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health, where he served as vice president…
Erin Gerner has been named Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System vice president and CFO of the physician and ambulatory division, according to an Aug. 4 news release from the system. Ms. Gerner will report to BayCare’s CFO Janice Polo. Prior…