Executive Moves

Tadren Kennedy was named COO of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, Calif. 

The month of August has been laden with CEO departures from hospitals and health systems — and it's only halfway over. 

Anthony Guaccio, president and CEO of Swedish Hospital in Evanston, Ill., will retire at the year's end. 

Terry Treadwell is leaving his role as CEO of Merit Health River Region in Vicksburg, Miss., The Vicksburg Post reported Aug. 15. 

Mark Sullivan will step down as president and CEO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health on Aug. 31.

Diane Comer, chief information and technology officer of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is set to retire in January. 

Here seven CFOs who have been named CEOs on a permanent or interim basis since June: 

Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, has named Nathan Rumsey acting CEO, more than two weeks after its CEO and CFO left their roles. 

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health has appointed chief medical officers to several of its community hospitals in a move that ensures each of the 10 facilities in its Southern Region are represented by a physician leader. 

University Hospital in Newark, N.J., has tapped two new people leaders.