Jason Smith, MD, PhD, chief medical officer of Louisville, Ky.-based UofL Health, has been named interim CEO. Dr. Smith has served as chief medical officer since the health system’s inception in 2019, according to a June 27 news release. He…
Executive Moves
San Francisco-based Dignity Health named Gene Gutierrez IV as the CFO of both San Bernadino and St. Bernadine Medical Center, both based in San Bernardino, Calif., on June 23. Mr. Gutierrez will run cash flow management, financial planning and financial…
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare is undergoing leadership structural changes to become a more unified team. Joon Lee, MD, CEO of Emory Healthcare, is expanding his role to become executive vice president for health affairs of Emory University and vice chair of…
Montage Health Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Matt Morgan will depart the Monterey, Calif.-based system in August, Monterey County Now reported June 26. Mr. Morgan is taking a role at an unnamed health system in California, according to the…
Ralph Porpora has been named vice president of information services and CIO of Browns Mills, N.J.-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center. Mr. Porpora most recently served as hospital systems director of Sellersville, Pa.-based Grand View Health, where he led IT,…
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Lita Kapuscinski has been appointed senior vice president of strategy and development at Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare. In the role, Ms. Kapuscinski will oversee strategic growth initiatives, including service line development and physician partnerships, according to a June 23 health…
Rick Allen has retired as CEO of Warren (Pa.) General Hospital after more than a decade of leadership. During his tenure, Mr. Allen led the hospital through a financial and strategic turnaround, established partnerships with Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network and…
Don Kline, COO of Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, has shared plans to retire at the end of 2025 after serving 30 years in healthcare, 17 of them at BSMH. Wael Haidar, MD, has been named president of clinical operations…
Westchester Medical Center Health Network, a nine-hospital system headquartered in Valhalla, N.Y., has appointed Andrew Pickens, MD, executive director of its western region hospitals, effective June 26. Four things to know: 1. Dr. Pickens had been serving in the role…
A 119-bed hospital in Smyrna, Tenn., named David Geckle, MD, as its assistant chief medical officer, according to a news release. Dr. Geckle is a neurosurgeon with nearly 30 years of clinical and leadership experience at Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.…