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Leadership & Management

Employees are wishing for better communication in the workplace next year, more than bigger raises and boss-firings, according to a survey of more than 1,000 employees from employee engagement firm TINYpulse.

Michael Gowder, DDS, is CEO of the 45-bed acute care, rural Union General Hospital, based in Blairsville, Ga. Union General Hospital operates nine healthcare facilities and employs more than 1,000 workers.

Terrence "Terry" Akin, MBA, stepped into his current role as CEO of Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health Oct. 1, 2014, but has been a leader in the system since 2009.

Houston-based University General Health System is closing its 111-bed University General Health – Dallas weeks after saying it had several potential buyers for the facility, according to a Houston Chronicle report.

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Nabil El Sanadi, MD, became president and CEO in December of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health, formerly North Broward Hospital District. Broward Health operates more than 30 healthcare facilities and is one of the largest public health systems in the…

Brian Nester, DO, MBA, was named president and CEO of Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network Nov. 6. Prior to his appointment, Dr. Nester served as the network's acting president and CEO for five months after the retirement of former…

Mark Nichols has led the 190-bed Starr Regional Medical Center as CEO since July 2014. He leads the medical center's two campuses in Etowah, Tenn., and Athens, Tenn., which are part of LifePoint Hospitals' Eastern Group.

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