Executive Moves

MUSC Health has tapped Erik Summers, MD, as chief medical officer of its Charleston, S.C., division. 

Brandon Goertz, PhD, has been appointed president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford.

Erik Mikaitis, MD, has been named CEO of Chicago-based Cook County Health, following an Oct. 24 vote by the Cook County Board of Commissioners.

Cam Marlowe, CEO of Blue Mountain Hospital District in John Day, Ore., has resigned from his role.

Chicago-based Lurie Children's CIO and Senior Vice President Lisa Dykstra has left the health system after 10 years in the role. 

Nathan Pulscher has been named the next president of Hutchinson (Minn.) Health, part of Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners.

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare, a 16-hospital system, has appointed Kristen Vogl, PT, DPT, vice president of service lines. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health has tapped Betty Jo Rocchio, DNP, CRNA, as its next chief nursing officer. 

NYC Health + Hospitals has named Amit Uppal, MD, as the next chief medical officer at its flagship Bellevue Hospital. 

Bandon, Ore.-based Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center has appointed Alden Forrester, MD, as its new chief medical officer.