Executive Moves

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has named Chad Wasserman its senior vice president and CIO, effective Feb. 1.

Since Jan. 30, three health system CEOs have shared plans to retire, adding to a steady stream of exits in the early weeks of 2024. 

Dignity Health-Community Hospital of San Bernardino (Calif.) has named Betty Daniels, MD, to serve a two-year term as medical staff president. 

Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare has created a new C-suite role focused on artificial intelligence and informatics.

Three CFOs who served in their roles for a decade or more retired or announced their retirements in January. 

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health named Kyle Snyder the permanent president of two hospitals. 

Sridevi Donepudi, MD, has been named chief medical officer of the University of Kansas Health System St. Francis Campus in Topeka.

Babar Khokhar, MD, was named executive vice president and chief physician officer of Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan.

Carol Burrell plans to retire as president and CEO of Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System. 

Bradley Bond has officially stepped into the role of CFO at Cleveland-based University Hospitals, succeeding Michael Szubski, who retired after more than 15 years in the job.