Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health has selected Safa Farzin, MD, to serve as vice president for medical affairs and staff development, effective Dec. 23.
Executive Moves
Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system executive moves in the last week:
PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., has named Joe Mark interim chief administrator of Ketchikan (Alaska) Medical Center, according to radio station KRBD.
Stephanie Reel will retire from Johns Hopkins on July 1 after three decades as an IT leader there, the Baltimore-based institution announced Dec. 5.
Melissa Memorial Hospital in Holyoke, Colo., has selected Cathy Harshbarger, BSN, RN, to serve as interim CEO, according to The Holyoke Enterprise.
Hillsboro (Kan.) Community Hospital has made two leadership changes after a company bought the 15-bed rural facility out of bankruptcy, according to the Hillsboro Star-Journal.
Natchitoches (La.) Regional Medical Center has selected Ronnie Ursin, DNP, BSN, RN, to serve as CNO, the medical center announced Dec. 4.
Duke Regional Hospital in Durham, N.C., has tapped Adia K. Ross, MD, to serve as CMO, the hospital announced.
Becker's Hospital Review reported the following hospital and health system CEO moves in the last week.
Amy Fine, CEO of Bandon, Ore.-based Southern Coos Hospital and Health Center, has accepted a new three-year contract offered by the hospital's board, according to the The World.