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…
Executive Moves
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…
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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…
Sef Ghanem has been named vice president of finance and CFO of Wakefield, R.I.-based South County Health, according to a Dec. 11 LinkedIn post. Mr. Ghanem will succeed Tom Breen, who shared plans in late November to retire. Prior to…
Becker’s has reported on 12 hospitals and health systems that have promoted CFOs to the chief executive role in 2025: 1. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems appointed Kevin Hammons as CEO on Dec. 10. Mr. Hammons had served as interim…
Providence, R.I.-based Brown University Health has named Ashish Misri, MD, chief medical officer of its Saint Anne’s Hospital in Fall River, Mass. Dr. Misri will assume the role Jan. 4, according to a Dec. 11 news release from the health…
Gregory Passanante, DNP, RN, has exited his role as Northeast market administrator for Shriners Children’s Hospital Philadelphia, a CEO-level role overseeing four facilities. He will become president and CEO of Bancroft, a Cherry Hill, N.J.-based nonprofit serving individuals with autism…