Executive Moves

Topeka, Kan.-based Stormont Vail Health has named Stacie Mason as its new senior vice president and CFO, replacing Peg Burnette, who is retiring.

The Rev. Leah Gunning Francis, PhD, was named senior vice president and chief mission and values officer of Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health.

Sam Muse has been named CFO of Juneau, Alaska-based Bartlett Regional Hospital after serving in an interim capacity. 

Tim Adams was named regional operating officer and senior vice president for St. Louis-based Ascension, according to a Jan. 5 memo shared with Becker's.

Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare has named Howard Chrisman, MD, its next CEO. 

Ashis Barad, MD, has been promoted to chief information and digital officer of Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network.

Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital in Los Angeles has named Courtnay Caufield, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer. She began her new role Dec. 30. 

Cincinnati-based Mercy Health has named new presidents to three Ohio hospitals, according to news releases shared with Becker's Jan. 5. 

The Norton (Kan.) County Hospital board of trustees have voted to reinstate CEO Brian Kirk, who was placed on administrative leave in December, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.

Brian Sanders, MD, will take on his new role as chief medical officer at Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital on Jan. 16.