The following hospital and health system CEO moves were announced or made in the last month. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
1. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare promoted Sally Deitch, RN, to CEO of the Sierra Providence Health Network in El Paso, Texas.
2. Tahoe Forest Hospital District in Truckee, Calif., named Jake Dorst interim CEO to replace outgoing interim CEO Virginia Razo.
3. Victoria, Texas-based Citizens Medical Center's board of directors unanimously voted to appoint S. Jeff Ackerman, MD, interim CEO.
4. Newly formed Jackson, Miss.-based Merit Health named Steve Dobbs CEO.
5. Eric Evans, CEO of El Paso, Texas-based Sierra Providence Health Network, is leaving to lead Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's Texas Region.
6. Cullman (Ala.) Regional Medical Center named James Clements president and CEO.
7. Victoria, Texas-based Citizens Medical Center CEO Stephen Thames stepped down from his position, following negotiations Thursday morning for a mutual separation agreement with hospital board members.