Executive Moves

Silver City, N.M.-based Gila Regional Medical Center has named William Ermann CFO, the Silver City Daily Press reported Dec. 22. 

Teaneck, N.J.-based Holy Name Medical Center has named Cynthia Ziegler vice president of revenue cycle management, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. 

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health has appointed James Murray, MD, permanent chief medical officer. 

Cheri Canon, MD, has been named as the next president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation and chief physician executive of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System.

Lorraine Lutton, president and CEO of Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, will retire in April 2024 after four years at the helm of the four-hospital system. 

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center comprises seven adult and children's hospitals in the Southeast, with the health system recording more 3 million patient visits a year.

James Leonard, DO, was selected as the new CEO of Valparaiso, Ind.-based Northwest Health-Porter.

Honolulu-based St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii has named Kathleen Morimoto president and CEO, Hawaii Catholic Herald reported Dec. 20. 

Allina Health has tapped Whitney Johnson, RN, to be president of Owatonna (Minn.) Hospital and Faribault (Minn.) Medical Center. 

Thirteen of the 40 largest health systems by number of hospitals named new CFOs or announced succession plans in 2023: