Five hospital and health system CEOs have exited their roles, or announced plans to do so, since Dec. 30:
Executive Moves
Don Caruso, MD, president and CEO of Keene, N.H.-based Cheshire Medical Center, will retire in May, The Keene Sentinel reported Jan. 3.
Steve Dietlin, CEO of Oceanside, Calif.-based Tri-City Medical Center, is set to retire in March, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The Association of American Medical Colleges has selected Jonathan Jaffery, MD, to serve as its chief healthcare officer. Dr. Jaffery is the former chief population health officer at Madison, Wis.-based UW Health.
Yakima (Wash.) Valley Memorial President and CEO Carole Peet, MSN, RN, will depart the hospital later in January, according to a statement shared with Becker's.
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Joe Hugar is no longer president and CEO of Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville, Ky., effective Dec. 29, according to hospital news releases shared with Becker's.
The Glendale, Colo.-based VA Rocky Mountain Network has named Sunaina Kumar-Giebel its interim director.
Dr. Anand Budi has been promoted to chief medical officer at Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Medical Center. He has been serving as the hospital's associate CMO, according to a Meritus news release.
Vicksburg, Miss.-based Merit Health River Region named Laurie Morrow Neely, MSN, APRN, chief nursing officer.
Marilyn Riley, DNP, has been named vice president and chief nursing officer at Baptist Health Paducah (Ky.), a Dec. 31 Paducah Sun report said.