Two hospitals recently combined CFO and COO roles:
John Pohlman, CFO of Oceanside, N.Y.-based Mount Sinai South Nassau, is assuming the additional role of COO and will oversee day-to-day operations of the hospital. He will also oversee the development of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s strategic planning process.
Mr. Pohlman joined the hospital in 2019, having previously served as COO of St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown, N.Y., according to an Aug. 29 Mount Sinai South Nassau news release shared with Becker's.
He takes over the COO role from Bill Allison at Mount Sinai South Nassau, who retired.
Chelsea Reynolds Desrosiers assumed the combined role of CFO and COO at Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine, on Aug. 21. The promotion comes with the departure of COO Leslie Anderson. Ms. Desrosiers has served as CFO since 2018.
Kris Doody, RN, CEO of Cary Medical Center and Pines Health Services, said the hospital conducted a search for a new COO, but combining the roles felt like the right path.
"We have discussed this idea for a few weeks, and when we brought our chief medical officer and chief financial officer together, a clear vision developed that this was the way to move forward," Ms. Doody said in a news release. "We are so fortunate to have such strengths on both the fiscal and clinical side of operations, that we believe this unique model will serve us very well into the future."
Ms. Doody told Becker's that Ms. Desrosiers' experience and financial knowledge will be a "huge benefit for this consolidated position."