Executive Moves

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has appointed Yvens Laborde, MD, chief community medical officer for the health system.

Intermountain and Kaleida Health are among 12 health systems that made CFO hires in October, as reported by Becker's: 

Maria Morales-Menendez was selected as the new group COO for the Palm Beach Health Network and St. Mary's Medical Center, part of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare.

Cheryl Klass, BSN, RN, executive vice president and COO and the former chief nursing executive for Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, plans to retire from the organization.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has named Dianna Pelay assistant vice president of revenue cycle for the system's Broomfield, Colo.-based Peaks Region, according to a post on her LinkedIn page.  

Thomas Burke will be leaving his role as president of Saint Francis Hospital and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital, both part of Trinity Health of New England's Hartford (Conn.) market.

Angela Kelly was named executive director of operations at HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Ill., part of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System.

UChicago Medicine has promoted Michael Antoniades to the helm of Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill. 

Ken DeStefano, senior vice president and general counsel for Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare, is retiring after 25 years of service. 

Salinas (Calif.) Valley Health has tapped Allen Radner, MD, as interim CEO.