Becker's Hospital Review reported on the following hospital and health system executive moves in the last week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
1. Robert Letson, CEO of South Peninsula Hospital in Homer Ark., is retiring in June 2018.
2. Mercy Hospital St. Louis named Steve Mackin president.
3. Muskegon, Mich.-based Mercy Health named Kelly Smith regional chief strategy officer.
4. Lenoir, N.C.-based Caldwell UNC Health Care selected David Lowry, MD, to serve as CMO.
5. Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems in Hayti, Mo., named Jim Marshall CEO and administrator.
6. Mount Clemens, Mich.-based McLaren Macomb, a 288-bed acute care hospital, selected Julia Libcke, DNP, RN, for CNO.
7. Brewer-based Eastern Maine Health System named John Ronan president of Blue Hill (Maine) Memorial Hospital and Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth.
8. William Webster, president and CEO of Medical Center Health System in Odessa, Texas, is retiring, effective January 2018.
9. Doctors Hospital of Sarasota (Fla.) selected Wyatt Chocklett as its new COO.
10. Indianapolis-based Eskenazi Health named Neil Johnson COO.
11. Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital President and CEO Mitchell Carson is stepping down, after leading the two-year transition to the hospital's new parent, Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health.
12. Houston-based CHI St. Luke's Health CEO Michael Covert, who tendered his resignation in late June, will be staying in the role under his successor is appointed.
13. Hackensack Meridian Health's Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, N.J., named Valerie Allusson, MD, CMO.
14. NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City appointed Laureen Hill, MD, senior vice president and COO, effective in October.
15. Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, Ind., selected Keith Miller to serve as COO.
16. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health tapped Alan D. Goldsmith as CFO and Gino R. Santorio as COO.
17. Idaho Falls-based Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center tapped R. Lee Biggs, DO, to serve as CMO.
18. Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska, named Dave Wallace CEO.
19. St. Vincent Anderson (Ind.) Chief Nursing Officer Nancy Pitcock, BSN, MSN, retired.
20. Redwood City, Calif.-based Verity Health System appointed Richard Adcock COO.
21. Amita Health Adventist Medical Center La Grange (Ill.) selected Michael Murrill to serve as CEO.
22. Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, Minn., dropped the 'interim' from CFO Katie Berg.
23. Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville, Ill., named Marshall Hale, MD, CMO, effective Sept. 1.
24. Louisville-based KentuckyOne Health appointed Jennifer Nolan president of Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, Ky., effective Sept. 1.
25. Vero Beach, Fla.-based Indian River Medical Center COO Camie Patterson resigned to take on a new role at Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla.
26. Avera Gregory (S.D.) Hospital CEO Anthony Timanus is leaving his post for a 13-month deployment, during which he will care for soldiers in the Middle East.
27. Columbus, Ga.-based St. Francis Hospital selected Dan Jones to serve as interim CEO.
28. Mark Sprada, interim chief executive of Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., resigned.
29. Doctors Hospital of Manteca (Calif.) CEO Ikenna Mmeje is departing for a new job opportunity.