Scott Foster-Edwards, MD, was appointed chief executive of Providence Clinical Network, North, encompassing Washington and Alaska, according to posts on LinkedIn.
Executive Moves
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.
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Eli Lilly & Co. named its inaugural chief AI officer, who joins the company from Mount Sinai Health System.
Christine Alexander-Rager, MD, has been named president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth, effective Oct. 8, after serving as acting CEO since July.
Christus Health, an international, faith-based, nonprofit health system based in Irving, Texas, appointed Gabriela Saenz and Kimberly King Webb to the organization's CEO Cabinet, according to an Oct. 8 news release shared with Becker's.
Dan Rackham, PharmD, was appointed CEO of Samaritan Lebanon (Ore.) Community Hospital.