St. Luke's Health System hired Bob Phillips as interim CEO for North Canyon Medical Center in Gooding, Idaho, last week, replacing temporary interim CEO Devan Johnson, according to a Times-News Magic Valley report.
Mr. Phillips started work on Nov. 1. He retired four years ago as CEO of a hospital in Branson, Mo., and has since worked as an interim CEO, mainly for hospitals in the southeast United States.
The national search continues for a permanent CEO to replace Earl Fitzpatrick, who was fired in Sept. 2010. According to the report, the hospital should choose a new CEO by February.
Read the Times-News Magic Valley report on Bob Phillips.
Read more on recent Idaho executive moves:
-CEO of Idaho's North Canyon Medical Center Placed on Leave
-Former Idaho Congress Hopeful Named Hospital CEO
Mr. Phillips started work on Nov. 1. He retired four years ago as CEO of a hospital in Branson, Mo., and has since worked as an interim CEO, mainly for hospitals in the southeast United States.
The national search continues for a permanent CEO to replace Earl Fitzpatrick, who was fired in Sept. 2010. According to the report, the hospital should choose a new CEO by February.
Read the Times-News Magic Valley report on Bob Phillips.
Read more on recent Idaho executive moves:
-CEO of Idaho's North Canyon Medical Center Placed on Leave
-Former Idaho Congress Hopeful Named Hospital CEO