The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has named Sylvia Trent-Adams, PhD, RN, as its upcoming president and CEO, effective July 14. Dr. Trent-Adams previously served as president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, an academic medical center in…
Executive Moves
Huron (S.D.) Regional Medical Center has named Joel Nelson interim vice president and CFO following the planned retirement of longtime CFO Marcia Zwanziger. Mr. Nelson has served as the 25-bed critical access hospital’s controller and has led the fiscal services…
Cliff Wilson will step down as Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health’s Central Kentucky market president and CEO of Georgetown (Ky.) Community Hospital, effective July 23. Mr. Wilson is leaving the organization to pursue a new opportunity, according to a June 26…
Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has appointed two new vice presidents, Patrick Brown, MD, as vice president and chief medical information officer and Philip Karp as vice president and CTO, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Dr. Brown…
Michael Owen has been named vice president of construction, facilities and real estate at Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health. In this role, he will provide strategic leadership of the health system’s facilities, which include more than 120 physician offices, 11 urgent…
Abel Biri has been appointed CEO of AdventHealth Orlando (Fla.), the flagship facility of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth. His new role also includes executive oversight of AdventHealth for Children, according to a June 30 health system news release. Mr. Biri…
Ella Goss, MSN, RN, plans to retire Aug. 1 as chief executive of Anchorage-based Providence Alaska. Ms. Goss has been with Renton, Wash.-based Providence for nearly three decades, according to a June 25 Providence Alaska news release. She was the…
Jita Pandya Buño has been appointed CEO of the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, effective Sept. 1. She will succeed Cindy Hecker, who is retiring in July, according to a June 27 LinkedIn post from Seattle-based UW Medicine.…
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has promoted Jean Bryll to senior vice president and chief revenue cycle officer, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Bryll had served as the system’s vice president of revenue cycle since November…
Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine Medical Group has named Michele Wingate CFO, according to a post on her LinkedIn page. Ms. Wingate most recently served as associate vice president and CFO of Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center. She previously served as chief…