The following hospital and health system CEO moves were reported by Becker's Hospital Review in the last week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
1. Jani L. Johnson, RN, was appointed CEO of Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City (Mo.), effective July 27.
2. Children's Hospital Los Angeles named Paul S. Viviano president and CEO.
3. John C. Gorski, PharmD, was named president and CEO of Community Foundation of Northwest Indiana, the parent company to Community Healthcare System and its Indiana hospitals in Munster, East Chicago and Hobart.
4. St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis named David Sindelar CEO, effective Sept. 1.
5. Phillip Sowa, CEO of Saint Louis University Hospital, an academic teaching hospital in St. Louis, is stepping down from his role.
6. Maryann Reese, CEO of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, Ill., is planning to leave the hospital July 30 for a new job.
7. Stephen P. Zieniewicz was named president and CEO of Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J., effective September 8.
8. Bath Community Hospital in Hot Springs, Va., named Kathy Landreth president and CEO.
9. Pottstown (Pa.) Memorial Medical Center named Rich Newell CEO, effective July 27.
10. Alfonso "Al" Diaz Jr., MD, CMO of Harbin Clinic in Rome, Ga., will be leaving the organization to become CEO of Kindred Hospital Rome (Ga.).
11. Kay Takes has been named president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque (Iowa).
12. Val Verde Regional Medical Center in Del Rio, Texas, finalized a management agreement with San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare and named Xochy Hurtado CEO.