Executive Moves

Ed Smith is retiring as president and CEO of St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa.

Kevin Casey, MD, is stepping down June 6 as president of Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital and will return to his clinical gastroenterology practice at Rochester Regional Health, RRH spokesperson Cristina Domingues said in a statement shared with Becker's. 

Mike Poore was named CEO of St. Joseph, Mo.-based Mosaic Life Care.

HCA Florida West Marion Hospital in Ocala has appointed Suha "Sue" DeLeon, MSN, RN, as chief nursing officer, effective June 6.

McLaren Flint (Mich.) named Ruth Kechnie, BSN, its vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer June 3.

Daniel Bjerknes has been named the CEO and regional president of Avera St. Luke’s Hospital in Aberdeen, S.D., according to a June 3 press release. 

Several hospital and health system finance chiefs have resigned from their positions this year. 

Jeanna Bamburg has been named CEO of The Woman's Hospital of Texas in Houston.

The following hospital and health system executive moves have been reported by Becker's Hospital Review since May 27:

Six chief medical and nursing officer moves at hospitals and health systems Becker's has covered since May 31: