Salem, Va.-based LewisGale Regional Health System appointed Michael Abbott as COO for the healthcare system's flagship hospital, LewisGale Medical Center.
Bob Bednarek, president and CEO of Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, N.C., will become vice president of rural health planning and development of Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health.
Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, appointed Charles Bill CEO.
CHE Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Mich., named Ben Carter as its executive vice president of finance and CFO.
Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J., selected Thomas Considine as president and CEO.
Larry Duncan, CEO of El Paso (Texas) Children's Hospital, resigned.
Town & Country Hospital in Tampa, Fla., named Jake Fisher CEO.
Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare appointed Terry Forde president and CEO.
White Plains (N.Y.) Hospital appointed Susan Fox president and CEO, effective in 2015.
Timothy Goldfarb, CEO of Gainesville-based University of Florida Health Shands, will step down from his position to become UF Health executive vice president for regional and governmental affairs.
Charles Hart, MD, president and CEO of Rapid City, S.D.-based Regional Health, announced his retirement.
Kent Helwig, CEO of Cortez, Colo.-based Southwest Health System, stepped down from his position to pursue other opportunities.
University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque named Paul Herzog COO.
Gwen MacKenzie, president and CEO of Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System, announced plans to step down to take on a leadership position with St. Louis-based Ascension Health.
Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., selected Mark Marcantano as president and COO.
Sonora (Calif.) Regional Medical Center selected Greg McCulloch as vice president of finance and CFO.
UMass Memorial Health Care, based in Worcester, Mass., named Sergio Melgar executive vice president and CFO.
Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care named Mark O'Halla vice president and COO.
Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala., appointed Paul Peiffer CFO.
Millinocket (Maine) Regional Hospital selected Robert Peterson as CEO.
Bay St. Louis, Miss.-based Hancock Medical Center named Tom Ramsey CFO.
Florence, S.C.-based Carolinas Hospital system selected Loren Rials as CFO.
Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb selected Charla Rowley as CFO.
Baptist Health Paducah (Ky.) named Bonnie Schrock COO.
Pediatric gastroenterologist Edwin Simpser, MD, was named president and CEO of St. Mary's Hospital for Children in Bayside, N.Y.
Kansas City, Mo.-based HCA Midwest Health System named Matt Sogard CEO of Lee's Summit (Mo.) Medical Center.
Hancock Medical Center in Bay St. Louis, Miss., selected Thomas Steiner as CEO.
Michael Ugwueke was named president and CEO of Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals.
Mercy Medical Center, a 445-bed hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, named Nathan Van Genderen its new CFO.
The Tufts Medical Center Board of Trustees appointed Michael Wagner, MD, as permanent president and CEO of Tufts Medical Center and Floating Hospital for Children in Boston.