Brian Dean was appointed executive vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Texas System, effective Aug. 1. According to a July 10 release, Mr. Dean most recently served as executive vice president for health affairs at UTHealth Houston…
Executive Moves
Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services appointed Shawn Morrow as COO, effective Aug. 31. Mr. Morrow will provide executive leadership for system operations across the organization’s eight hospitals, as well as its clinics, service lines and joint ventures, according to a…
Las Vegas-based Southern Hills Hospital and Medical Center has named Suresh Ponnada, MD, chief medical officer. In the role, Dr. Ponnada will help lead clinical strategy and support quality, safety and care effectiveness across the hospital, according to a July…
Nick Mendyka was appointed executive vice president and CFO of Children’s National in Washington, D.C. Mr. Mendyka joins from Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, where he served as executive vice president of enterprise financial operations, according to a July 13 hospital news…
Erica Moncrief has been named senior vice president and chief information officer of Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health. In the role, Ms. Moncrief will lead the health system’s enterprise technology strategy, overseeing efforts to strengthen cybersecurity, expand digital capabilities and support…
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Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health has extended the contract of CEO Marlon Levy, MD, to June 2030. The Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority Board of Directors and VCU Board of Visitors approved the four-year extension in June, according to a…
Sean Fadden has been named CFO of the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist area and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, according to a July 11 LinkedIn page. Prior to his new role,…
Tucson, Ariz.-based TMC Health promoted two executives in health system operational and external affairs roles. Mimi Coomler, BSN, was named executive vice president and COO, a newly created role designed to “bring sharper focus and momentum to enterprise execution” as…
Maia Healy has exited her role as CFO of The George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., which is operated by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services. “It is with mixed emotions that my time at UHS has come…
Erica Gregonis, MD, the former chief medical officer and vice president of Baptist Health Richmond (Ky.), recently became CMO at a three-hospital system in Kentucky. In a July 8 news release, Owensboro (Ky.) Health announced Dr. Gregonis as its chief…