Megan Ryan, president and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., shared plans to resign July 20 following a state-approved restructuring of the board that oversees the safety-net hospital. Under the state’s latest budget bill, approved May…
Executive Moves
Novant Health, a 19-hospital health system based in Winston-Salem, N.C., appointed three new executives to its Triad Region leadership team. The appointments, announced May 30, finalize the region’s leadership team after Novant unveiled its restructured leadership operating model in February.…
Rosenda “Rosey” M. Barrera, MSN, RN, was appointed interim CEO of Prime Healthcare’s Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, Ill., in addition to her role as chief nursing officer, according to a message to staff. The message, dated April 28, was…
Lori Morgan, MD, president and CEO of Pasadena, Calif.-based Huntington Health, plans to step down after eight years in the role. Dr. Morgan will leave the Cedars-Sinai-affiliated organization before the end of 2025 to focus on her family, according to…
Cleveland Clinic has named James Robinson executive director of revenue cycle technology and innovation, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. Mr. Robinson joins Cleveland Clinic from Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health, where he spent nearly 19 years, according to…
James Leonard, DO, is leaving his position as CEO of Northwest Health-Porter in Valparaiso, Ind., according to a message from Don Bivacca, vice president of operations for Region 3 at parent company Community Health Systems, based in Franklin, Tenn. In…
Margaret Fontana has been named CFO of Lakin, Kan.-based Kearny County Hospital, according to a May 29 LinkedIn post. Prior to her new role, Ms. Fontana served as interim CFO for Wolf Point-based Northeast Montana Health Services, according to her…
Cardinale Smith, MD, PhD, traces her career in medicine back to her mother, whose own dream of becoming a physician was never realized. Fueled by that early inspiration, Dr. Smith is now a nationally recognized expert in the treatment of…
AdventHealth Lenexa (Kan.) City Center, a new hospital opening in July, has named Mark Brady, MD, as chief medical officer. Dr. Brady has worked as an anesthesiologist at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission in Merriam, Kan., for 27 years. As CMO of…
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has named Frank Vittimberga, MD, executive medical director of revenue cycle, according to a post on his LinkedIn page. Dr. Vittimberga joins AdventHealth from Glendale, Calif.-based Healthcare Systems of America, where he served as chief medical…