West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health appointed Barbara Romig, DNP, as chief nursing officer for both the health system and Reading Hospital, its flagship facility, WFMZ reported Sept. 13.
Executive Moves
Trinity Health of New England, a nonprofit clinically integrated network of hospitals in Connecticut and Massachusetts, named Montez Carter, PharmD, president and CEO.
Fort Worth-based University of North Texas Health Science Center named Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, a former deputy surgeon general, its new president.
Bruce Moore, president of service line and operations integration at HCA Healthcare, will retire at the end of the year after a 40-year career with the Nashville, Tenn.-based company.
More than 70 hospital CEOs left their roles in the first seven months of this year, and more than a dozen others have announced plans to step down or retire since August.
Jay Robinson III was named senior vice president and area manager of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's Sacramento and South Sacramento service areas, according to a news release shared with Becker's Sept. 13.
Seattle Children's named Eric Tham, MD, senior vice president and chief research operations officer.
The following hospital and health system CEO moves have been reported since Sept. 6:
Warner Thomas, president and CEO of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, has accepted a new role as president and CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, according to a Sept. 13 Ochsner Health news release shared with Becker's.
Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University has named Qiana Williams its first executive vice president and chief people officer, effective Oct. 17.