Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health has appointed Jenni Friedly, BSN, chief operating officer, effective immediately. Three things to know: 1. Ms. Friedly most recently served as market president of UnityPoint Health-Waterloo (Iowa) and brings 16 years of operational leadership experience…
Executive Moves
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has named Lana Vulicevic vice president of revenue cycle consumer operations, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Vulicevic most recently served as AdventHealth’s executive director of revenue cycle process improvement and business support.…
Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health has appointed John Goodyear as regional COO and Tara Gardner, DNP, RN, as chief nursing officer for Hampden Medical Center in Enola, Pa., and Holy Spirit Medical Center in Camp Hill, Pa. Mr. Goodyear previously…
Cheryl Matejka, CFO of St. Louis-based Mercy, will retire Dec. 31, after being with the system for 19 years, the Healthcare Financial Management Association reported Dec. 1. Prior to her current role, Ms. Matejka served as senior vice president of…
Sophie Culver, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Winchester (Mass.) Hospital, a 220-bed facility part of Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health. Dr. Culver joins the system from New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System, where she served…
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Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has named Nneka Comfere, MD, as the Juanita Kious Waugh Executive Dean of Education and dean of the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, effective in early January. Dr. Comfere succeeds Fredric Meyer, MD, who served…
Menomonee Falls, Wis.-based Froedtert ThedaCare has named Terra Swanson, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer of its North Region. As CNO, Ms. Swanson will lead all nursing and perioperative services across the North Region. She will focus on reducing variation in…
Mark Smith, MD, has been named chief medical officer of East Lansing, Mich.-based MSU Health Care, effective Feb. 1. Dr. Smith is an emergency medicine physician with more than 25 years of experience in healthcare. Most recently, he served as…
Larry Antonucci, MD, president and CEO of Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health, will step down from his role when his contract concludes on Sept. 30. Dr. Antonucci, who has served as CEO since 2017, plans to remain in the position…
Bruce Tassin was appointed CEO of Georgetown Community Hospital and Bluegrass Community Hospital and market president of Clark Regional Medical Center and Bourbon Community Hospital, in addition to Georgetown and Bluegrass, effective Jan. 1. He will oversee all four Central…