Julie Mirkin, DNP, MA, RN, serves as Chief Nursing Officer at Stony Brook Medicine. 

Angela Shippy, MD, FACP, FHM, serves as Chief Quality Officer and Senior Vice President for Memorial Hermann Health System.

Alex Daneshmand, DO, MBA, FAAP, serves as Vice President, Quality and Patient Safety Officer for Lee Health. 

Erickajoy Daniels serves as Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Senior Vice President for AdvocateAurora Health. 

Todd Sachs, MD, FACS, serves as Regional Medical Director of Operations for Southern California Permanente Medical Group of Kaiser Permanente.

Aney Abraham, DNP, MSN, NE-BC, RN, serves as Associate Vice President of Medical, Oncology & Cardiology Nursing for Rush University Medical Center and Faculty Assistant Professor for Rush University College of Nursing.

  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg pledged to create a task force within his first 100 days in office that will be in charge of developing a federal strategy to eliminate health disparities, according to an outline released Dec. 3. 

Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden wants the credit for the public-option health plan that rival Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., is running on, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

The new CEO of Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, La., said the most critical health issues the hospital is prioritizing are premature birth rates and maternal deaths, according to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report.

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking presidents during the past few weeks.

As a team leader and throughout my 20-plus year career, there have been specific instances where a star teammate has faltered.

Michael A. Sachs, founder of several healthcare consulting companies, including Sg2, died Nov. 29. He was 67. 

Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital has "suffered collateral damage" in a battle over who will occupy the seat of Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., according to a political blog from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced Dec. 3 she will no longer run for president, according to The New York Times.

The CEO of North Tampa Behavioral Health did not meet the requirements to lead the Wesley Chapel, Fla.-based psychiatric hospital, according to a report cited by the Tampa Bay Times.

The Senate health committee on Dec. 3 voted 18-5 to advance the nomination of Stephen Hahn, MD, to the post of FDA commissioner.

Children's Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis added five new board members Nov. 21 alongside its announcement for the 2020 board officers.

On the CEO of Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center's desk sits a clean diaper smaller than a business card to remind her of some of the hospital's most vulnerable patients, according to the Denver Business Journal. 

Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley, Calif., part of San Francisco-based Dignity Health, has reduced its workforce, the hospital's CEO confirmed to The Union.

David Conejo serves as President of New Mexico Rural Hospital Network; Board Member at New Mexico Hospital Association; and Chief Executive Officer at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care Services.