The following hospital and health system executive moves have been shared with or reported by Becker's since June 30:
Editor's note: This live webpage was updated Dec. 29. View executive moves for the first half of the year here.
Dec. 22-29
1. Drew Waterman was named CEO of Grand Island (Neb.) Regional Medical Center.
2. Robert Boesch, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Atlanta-based Emory University Hospital.
3. Sean Gregory has stepped down from his role as CEO of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash. Tracey Fernandez, the hospital's CFO, will serve as its interim CEO.
4. Bret Kolman will retire as CEO of Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo., in January 2024.
5. Bradley Chapman was named president of Memorial Hospital in North Conway, N.H.
6. Jason Foland, MD, will become president of the Studer Family Children's Hospital at Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola, Fla.
7. William Ermann plans to retire as CEO of Guymon, Okla-based Memorial Hospital of Texas County on March 30.
8. Sean Tinney was named CEO of Cedar Park (Texas) Regional Medical Center.
9. B. Konard Jones will retire Dec. 31 from his role as president and CEO of Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health. He is succeeded by Mark Behl, former executive vice president and COO of Froedtert.
10. Beata Mastalerz, DNP, RN, was appointed executive director of Phelps Hospital in Tarrytown, N.Y., succeeding Eileen Egan, RN, who has retired.
11. Keith Biddle, COO of Point Pleasant, W.V.-based Rivers Health, will retire from the healthcare industry in mid-January.
12. Deborah Berini was named chief integration officer and interim chief administrative officer of Iowa City-based UI Health Care.
13. Maria Caruso is serving as the interim CFO for HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital.
14. Vijay Shah, MD, was named Mayo Clinic's Kinney Executive Dean of Research.
15. Laura Easton is retiring as president and CEO of Lenoir, N.C.-based UNC Health Caldwell. David Lowry, MD, the system's chief medical officer, will succeed her.
16. William Ermann was named CFO of Silver City, N.M.-based Gila Regional Medical Center.
17. Cynthia Ziegler was named vice president of revenue cycle management at Teaneck, N.J.-based Holy Name Medical Center.
Dec. 16-21
1. James Murray, MD, was named permanent chief medical officer of Wenatchee, Wash.-based Confluence Health.
2. Cheri Canon, MD, was named as the next president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation and chief physician executive of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System.
3. Lorraine Lutton, president and CEO of Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, will retire in April.
4. James Leonard, DO, was selected as the new CEO of Valparaiso, Ind.-based Northwest Health-Porter.
5. Kathleen Morimoto was named president and CEO of Honolulu-based St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii.
6. Whitney Johnson, RN, was selected president of Allina Health's Owatonna (Minn.) Hospital and Faribault (Minn.) Medical Center.
7. Mark Dooley was named CEO of Gadsden (Ala.) Regional Medical Center.
8. David Linehan, MD, was named CEO of the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center, dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, and senior vice president for health sciences, effective Feb. 1.
9. Alex Nazarian is no longer president and CEO of Salem (Ill.) Township Hospital.
10. Lee Ann Liska, COO and interim president of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Hospital, was selected to serve as the hospital's president.
11. Amanda Pruitt Motley was named CFO of Haywood Regional Medical Center in Clyde, N.C.
12. Michael Zimmerman was named CEO of John C. Fremont Healthcare District in Mariposa, Calif.
13. Richard "Rick" Wang was named CFO of Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital.
14. Andrew Pete was named COO of Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital.
15. Steve Gray was named CFO of Smyrna, Tenn.-based TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center.
16. Tina Haskins Smith was named senior vice president and CIO of Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.
17. Richard James was appointed Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Nova Southeastern University's chief strategy and operations officer for NSU Health.
18. Patrick Lee, MD, was selected as president and CEO of Austin, Texas-based Central Health.
19. Cynthia Hundorfean — the chief living health development officer at Highmark Health and former president of its subsidiary health system Allegheny Health Network — will exit the Pittsburgh-based organization at the end of this year.
20. Gratia Pitcher, MD, was named chief medical officer of Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health.
21. Dave Estorge is the permanent COO of St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Miss., part of Baton Rouge, La.-based Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System.
22. Cherise Giddens, BSN, RN, was promoted from vice president of clinical nursing to vice president and chief nursing officer at Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health.
23. Jessica Busque was named director of medical staff services at SGMC Health.
24. Julie Blodgett was named director of physician recruitment at SGMC Health.
25. Matt Untch was named interim CFO of Excelsior Springs, Mo.-based Excelsior Springs Hospital.
26. Jessica Alsop, chief legal officer of Morgantown W.Va.-based WVU Medicine, was promoted to senior vice president.
27. Leeann Kaminsky, chief human resources officer of WVU Medicine, was promoted to senior vice president.
28. Tony Martinelli was promoted to president of Glen Dale, W.V.-based WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital.
29. Amos Ross was promoted to president of Peak Health, the health insurer owned by WVU Health System, Marshall Health Network and Valley Health — the latter two systems are based in Huntington, W.V.
30. Tom Mauger, MD, was named executive chair of the WVU Eye Institute.
31. Ben Gerber, chief strategy officer of WVU Medicine, was promoted to senior vice president.
32. Jim Venturella, CIO of WVU Medicine, was promoted to senior vice president.
33. Lydia Hendrix is the new COO of UF Health St. John's in St. Augustine, Fla.
34. Katy Ostermaier, MD, will serve as division chief of developmental behavioral pediatrics in the department of pediatrics at Houston-based Texas Children's.
35. Debra Palazzi, MD, was named chief of infectious disease in the department of pediatrics at Texas Children's.
36. Katri Typpo, MD, will return to Texas Children's as chief of critical care in the department of pediatrics.
37. Ruth Brooks was named COO of Farmington. N.M.-based San Juan Regional Medical Center.
38. Jessica Glover was named assistant vice president and COO of Orlando (Fla.) Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital.
39. Katharine Woods, DO, resigned as chief medical officer of Eleanor Slater Hospital, a public facility in Cranston, R.I., less than a year after her appointment.
Dec. 9-15
1. George Hernández Jr. will retire as president and CEO of San Antonio, Texas-based University Health.
2. Adrienne Joseph, PhD, was named CEO of Houston Methodist Baytown (Texas) Hospital.
3. Robert "Bo" Cofield, DrPH, was named COO of Flagstaff-based Northern Arizona Healthcare.
4. John Petrov was named chief human resources officer of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System.
5. James Newman, associate vice president for finance at Nashville, Tenn,-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was appointed vice president and divisional CFO for the system's clinical support services division.
6. Shauna Cameron was named CEO of Houlton (Maine) Regional Hospital.
7. William "Bill" Calhoun was named CEO of Providence's Montana service area.
8. Laurin St. Pe was selected as the permanent CEO of Singing River Health System in Ocean Springs, Miss.
9. Said Ibrahim, MD, started in roles as dean of Sidney Kimmel Medical College and president of Jefferson University Physicians on Dec. 1. The roles are both with Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University.
10. Dale Sowders, CEO of Holland (Mich.) Hospital, will retire in early 2024 after 22 years with the organization.
11. Dave Smith resigned as CEO of Lancaster, Wis.-based Grant Regional Health Center.
12. Will Davis was named president of Evansville, Ind.-based Deaconess Health System's Illinois region.
13. Laura Iavicoli, MD, is the new chief medical officer at NYC Health & Hospitals' Elmhurst hospital in New York City.
14. Dave Holson, MD, was named chief medical officer at NYC Health & Hospitals' Queens hospital in New York City.
15. Chad Fitzgerald was named executive vice president and leader of the clinical support services division at Nashville, Tenn,-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
16. Marilyn Margolis retired as CEO of Emory Johns Creek (Ga.) Hospital. Heather Redrick, who serves in a dual capacity as the hospital's COO and chief nursing officer, is its new leader.
17. J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD, has agreed to serve as the new interim president of the University of Pennsylvania, replacing Liz Magill after her resignation.
18. Karandeep Singh, MD, was selected as the inaugural chief health artificial intelligence officer of UC San Diego Health.
19. Alyssa Moyer, MD, was named president of WellSpan Health's York (Pa.) Hospital.
20. Tonya Darner was appointed the permanent chief executive officer of UP Health System-Marquette (Mich.).
21. James Rohrbaugh is leaving his role as CFO of Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network.
22. Ernie Bovio is stepping down as president of Raleigh, N.C.-based UNC Health Rex to become president of Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center and Coastal Market in the Wilmington, N.C. region.
23. Brian Durniok was named president of Erie, Pa.-based UPMC Hamot and Pittsburgh-based UPMC's Northwest Pennsylvania and New York market.
24. Robert Fitzgerald, MD, was named president of its Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.
25. Kenneth McGhee was named executive vice president of finance and CFO of Sinai Chicago.
26. Ed Hubel was named president of Fleming Island, Fla.-based Baptist Medical Center Clay.
27. Cindy Rios, who has served as interim CFO since 2022, was named executive vice president and CFO of Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health.
28. Kristen Lepore, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, will also assume additional responsibilities and oversee Beth Israel Lahey Health's emergency management.
29. Rob Fields, MD, executive vice president and chief clinical officer of Beth Israel Lahey Health, will assume additional responsibilities to align healthcare quality, population health and clinical services.
30. Adam Copher, DNP, MSN, was named chief nursing officer of HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital in Hudson, Fla.
31. Jerry Klein, COO of Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health, is stepping down from his post.
Dec. 2-8
1. Penny Castellano, MD, was named president of the Emory Healthcare Physician Division, a newly created position, as well as interim director of Emory Clinic.
2. Terika Richardson was named senior executive vice president and COO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.
3. Theodore DeWeese, MD, is the new CEO of Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine and dean of the John Hopkins University School of Medicine.
4. Kristen Bowman was named CEO of Broward Health's community hospital in Coral Springs, Fla.
5. Tim Reeves resigned as CEO of Renovo, Pa.-based Bucktail Medical Center amid the hospital's financial struggles.
6. Jeff Lindsay was selected as Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health's new president and COO.
7. Jon Rozenfeld was selected as market president for UnityPoint Health's Des Moines market in Iowa.
8. Tomer Singer, MD, was named chief of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.
9. Trey Eubanks, MD, was named president of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
10. Amy Feeley-Austin is the new COO of the Hawaii Health System Corp.'s West region.
11. Emilee Albright, BSN, RN, was named vice president of patient services and chief nursing officer for Logansport (Ind.) Memorial Hospital.
12. Vicki Byrd, vice president of planning and development for Logansport Memorial, will retire at the end of December from her career after 17 years of service.
13. Barret Rhoads was named CFO of Logansport Memorial.
14. Felicia Turnley was named CEO of Pembroke Pines, Fla.-based Memorial Hospital Pembroke.
15. Melida Akiti was named the first chief community officer of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System.
16. Vedner Guerrier was named executive vice president and chief transformation officer of Memorial Healthcare System.
17. Joseph Stuczynski was named CEO of Pembroke Pines, Fla.-based Memorial Hospital West.
18. Stephen Demers was named CEO of Memorial Hospital Miramar (Fla.).
19. Denise Kvapil, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass.
20. Norvell "Van" Coots, MD, is retiring as president and CEO of Silver Springs, Md.-based Holy Cross Health.
21. John Gerhold was named CEO of HCA Florida Lake Monroe Hospital.
22. Emily Serck was appointed senior vice president, communications and corporate affairs at Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.
23. Charles Wang was named senior vice president, strategy and chief of staff at Lifepoint Health.
24. Elliott Brown was named senior vice president, treasurer at Lifepoint Health.
25. Kent Hall, MD, chief physician executive at Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System, is retiring at the end of January.
26. Henry Capote was named CFO of HCA Florida Highlands Hospital in Sebring.
27. O'Neil Britton, MD, is taking on an expanded role as chief integration officer and executive vice president of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham.
28. Meggin Roberts was named CEO of Animas Surgical Hospital, a physician-owned hospital in Durango, Colo.
29. Michael Mewhirter, chief administrative officer of Kettering (Ohio) Health, who also has served as interim CEO, CFO and, at the campus level, as president and in financial leadership roles, is leaving the organization next year.
30. Margaret Fry, MD, was selected as the next president and CEO of the Pediatric Physicians' Organization at Boston Children’s Hospital.
Nov. 22-Dec. 1
1. Vincent Cataldo retired from his role as administrator of Prevost Memorial Hospital, in Donaldsonville, La.
2. Denny Hamilton will serve as interim COO of Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Mo., when the hospital joins Columbia, Mo.-based University of Missouri Health Care.
3. Mike Rundle will transition from director of accounting to interim site leader for finance at Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Mo., when the hospital joins Columbia, Mo.-based University of Missouri Health Care.
4. Debra Deeken, DNP, will serve as interim chief nursing officer of Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City, Mo., when the hospital joins Columbia, Mo.-based University of Missouri Health Care.
5. Paul VerValin, executive vice president and enterprise COO of Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic, was appointed to a dual role as president of its Corning (N.Y.) Hospital.
6. Cory Everett resigned from his position as COO of Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital. No interim or replacement has been named.
7. Britt Crewse was selected to serve as regional president at Portland-based MaineHealth.
8. Leonard Hernandez was named CEO of SCK Health, based in Arkansas City, Kan.
9. Sandra Wong, MD, was named chief academic officer of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare and dean of Emory University School of Medicine.
10. Chris Shride resigned as president of Ascension Saint Joseph-Joliet (Ill.).
11. Steven Webber, MD, was selected by Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to lead as executive vice chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine.
12. Mumtaz Darbar was named chief clinical and academic integration officer of Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health.
13. Gregory Pauly was selected as group president of acute care services for Duke University Health System; president of Duke University Hospital; and vice dean for clinical and academic Integration at Duke University School of Medicine.
14. Ettore Palazzo, MD, was named CEO of Kirkland, Wash.-based EvergreenHealth.
15. Tommy Ibrahim, MD, will exit his role as CEO of Bassett Healthcare Network in Cooperstown, N.Y. Staci Thompson was named interim CEO, effective Jan. 1.
16. Kevin Parsley was named COO of Beaumont-based Christus Southeast Texas Health System.
17. Dana Beckton was named chief diversity and inclusion officer of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.
18. Harold Naramore, MD, CEO of Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Memorial Hospital, is resigning, effective Jan. 1. Jonathan Smith, the hospital's CFO, was selected as interim CEO.
19. Timothy Dellit, MD, was appointed to lead UW Medicine and the University of Washington School of Medicine, both based in Seattle.
20. Laurie Lamarre will lead a newly appointed leadership team for Berkshire Medical Center North Adams (Mass.) campus as vice president.
21. Jennifer Dowling, BSN, RN, was selected as operational manager of the emergency room and medical/surgical inpatient care for Berkshire Medical Center North Adams campus.
22. Lynsey Wilk, DPN, RN, was selected as operational manager for perioperative services for Berkshire Medical Center North Adams campus.
23. Robert Boebert, BSN, RN, was named senior director of clinical operations for Berkshire Medical Center North Adams campus.
24. Eric Schuck, MD, was named chief medical officer of St. Mary's Health Care System in Athens, Ga.
25. Willam Van Noy was named CFO of Magnolia (Ark.) Regional Medical Center.
26. Allison Baker was named vice president of development for Miami-based Nicklaus Children's Health System and president of the Nicklaus Children's Hospital Foundation.
27. Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD, was named director of New York City-based NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center after the termination of the former director over social media use.
28. Stephen Chandler was named CEO of Summerville (S.C.) Medical Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare.
29. Troy Greer was named president and CEO of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Lovelace Health System.
30. Sondra Hornsey was named chief privacy officer of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
31. Jason Carter joined Durham, N.C.-based Duke Regional Hospital as COO.
32. Mike Antoniades was promoted to the permanent presidency at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill.
Nov. 18-21
1. Benjamin Anderson was named president and CEO of Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Healthcare System.
2. Emily Sneed, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Medical City Lewisville (Texas).
3. D'Andre Carpenter, DNP, RN, was named chief nurse executive and senior vice president of Minneapolis-based Allina Health.
4. Brad Clark was named executive vice president and CFO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health.
5. Jodie Becker, DNP, RN, left HCA North Carolina Division to become the chief ambulatory officer at St. Ignace, Mich.-based Mackinac Straits Health System.
6. Jennifer Nikolai is joining ThedaCare as vice president supporting healthcare services at new community hospital campuses in Fond du Lac, Wis., and Oshkosh, Wis.
7. Brendan Carr, MD, will be the next CEO of New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System.
8. Megan Baker, MD, was named interim CEO of Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, S.C.
9. Kathleen Jacobs was named chief investment officer of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.
10. Bob Tracz was selected as the next CFO of Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System.
11. Mark Rich was named president of Dallas-based Steward Health Care.
12. Marty Cahill, CEO of Samaritan Lebanon (Ore.) Community Hospital, was named to the newly created role of COO-hospitals at Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services.
13. Sandra Scott, MD, was named interim CEO of New York City-based One Brooklyn Health.
14. Chad Brown will serve as president of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist's South and West areas.
15. Cathleen Wheatley will have executive oversight over Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Davie Medical Center in Bermuda Run, N.C.
16. Bill James, who became president of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Lexington (N.C.) Medical Center in 2014, will step down from the position.
Nov. 11-17
1. Ian Dunn, MD, was named executive dean of the medical school at the University of Oklahoma in Norman and inaugural chief academic officer of OU Health.
2. Andre Storey was named president of Ascension's Columbia St. Mary's Hospital in Milwaukee.
3. Kurt Schley was named president of Ascension's Elmbrook hospital campus in Brookfield, Wis., effective Jan. 2.
4. Shane Carter, RN, was named president of Ascension Mercy in Oshkosh, Wis.
5. Diana McDaniel left her role as vice president of operations for Springdale-based Arkansas Children's Northwest to launch a healthcare consulting company.
6. Cathy Garzio was named executive vice provost and COO of New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine.
7. Jeffrey Kim, MD, was named chief medical information officer of Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health.
8. Brett Kirkham was promoted from interim to permanent CEO of Mid Coast Health System and El Campo Memorial Hospital, based in El Campo, Texas.
9. Alejandro Romero is the new COO of El Paso, Texas-based Del Sol Medical Center.
10. Michael Johnston was named president of Allina Health's Mercy Hospital — which includes Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, Minn., and Mercy Hospital-Unity Campus in Fridley, Minn.
11. Richard Lehmuth was named senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
12. Steen Trawick, MD, will step down as CEO and chief medical officer of Christus Shreveport-Bossier Health System.
13. Dana Rye was selected as chief value based care officer of Duly Health and Care, a Downers Grove, Ill.-based medical group.
14. Charleen Phillips is Duly's new chief accounting officer.
15. Ryan West is the new president of Duly's Chicagoland operations.
16. Sarosh Rana, MD, was selected as the first chief obstetrical transformation officer for UChicago Medicine.
17. Samuel Boadi was named COO of Brooksville-based HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital.
18. Marcie Peirick was named vice president of revenue cycle for physician services at Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.
19. Mark Tamburri was named executive vice president and chief legal officer of Pittsburgh-based UPMC.
20. Elizabeth Wako, MD, is the permanent president and CEO of Seattle-based Swedish Health Services.
21. Shawn Tittle, MD, was selected as the inaugural system chief quality officer for Houston Methodist.
22. Kimberly Glassman, PhD, RN, was named the new dean of Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing. She was also appointed vice president for nursing academic affairs at New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System.
23. Kori Krueger, MD, was named senior vice president and president of Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare's physician group.
24. Kevin Parsley was named COO of Christus Southeast Texas Health System in Beaumont.
25. Matt Walsh was named executive vice president and COO of Chicago-based Rush University System for Health.
26. Christopher Bjornberg was named CEO of Brawley, Calif.-based Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District.
27. Katy Wilkens, RN, BSN, was named chief nursing officer of Bradenton, Fla.-based Manatee Memorial Hospital.
28. Mike Robinson will retire as CEO of Emeryville, Calif.-based Canopy Health at the year's end.
29. Manley Jordan, MD, is set to retire as chief medical officer Lake Charles (La.) Memorial Health.
30. Peter Adebi was named senior vice president of human resources and chief human resources and diversity officer at Cincinnati Children's.
Nov. 3-10
1. Jeff Comer, PsyD, was named CEO of Show Low, Ariz.-based Summit Healthcare.
2. Michelle Fortune, BSN, will exit her role as CEO of St. Luke's Hospital in Columbus, N.C., on Dec. 31. Alex Bell, a previous interim CEO at St. Luke's, was selected to temporarily helm the organization.
3. Mike Rogers was fired after about a month on the job after hospital staff discovered he was a convicted felon who changed his name last year.
4. Courtney Lewis Starnes was named senior vice president and chief information officer of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health.
5. Robert Laba was named CFO of Burlington-based Southwestern Vermont Medical Center.
6. Shelly Loop, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of UH St. John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio.
7. Joseph Mathew, MD, was named chair of medical specialties for the medical group at Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System.
8. Minedy Laracuente, MSN, APRN, was named assistant vice president of clinical development and integration at Orlando Health for operations in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
9. Anna Michelle Brandt was named COO of University Hospital in Newark, N.J.
10. Dean Frate, MD, was named chief medical officer of Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health.
11. Joshua Berkowitz, MD, now serves as chief medical officer of the Beth Israel Lahey Health Performance Network.
12. Walter Long was named COO of HCA Florida Lake City Hospital.
13. Aaron Lewis was selected as the next executive vice president and CFO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.
14. Tulay Aksoy, MD, was named chief medical officer of St. Luke's South Shore hospital in Cudahy, Wis.
15. Nkem Iroegbu, MD, will serve as St. Luke's South Shore's president in addition to his current role as president of Milwaukee-based Aurora Sinai Medical Center.
16. Eric Elliott was named CFO of Oceans Healthcare, a behavioral healthcare company.
17. Anne Boat, MD, was named anesthesiologist-in-chief at Cincinnati Children's.
18. Donna Zuk was named chief accounting officer of Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica.
19. Jeff Good was selected as the first chief sustainability executive at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine.
20. Marco Lozano was named COO of Laredo (Texas) Medical Center.
21. Lourdes Boue was named CEO of Baptist Health Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, Fla. Ms. Boue will also continue serving as CEO of Baptist Health West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami.
22. Tanya Phares, MD, was selected as health officer for Sonoma County in California.
23. Daphne Haas-Kogan, MD, chair of radiation oncology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber since 2015, will become chair of the radiation oncology department for Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital and chief of enterprise radiation oncology for Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham.
24. Beau Higginbotham was appointed to serve as president and CEO of Ascension Saint Agnes in Baltimore.
25. Andrea Eklund was named chief senior vice president of compliance and internal audit and chief compliance officer for Jacksonville, Fla-based Baptist Health.
26. Sarah Morrison is retiring from her position as CEO of the Shepherd Center, an Atlanta-based neurorehabilitation hospital. Jamie Shepherd, the hospital's current COO, will succeed Ms. Morrison.
27. Cassie Penn was named COO of Callaway (Neb.) District Hospital and Medical Clinics.
28. Bradley Haws was named CEO of Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and associate vice president of University of Iowa Health Care.
29. Yael Heher, MD, was selected as the inaugural chief quality officer for Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health.
30. Emma Maria Montes-Ewing was named CEO of South Texas Health System McAllen.
31. Christina Mathis is the new CEO of Medical City Frisco (Texas).
32. Henry Howe will helm Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare as interim CEO beginning Dec. 1.
33. Joanna Caballero was named corporate vice president of revenue cycle for San Diego-based Scripps Health.
34. Ron Connovich was named president and CEO of Ohio Valley Surgical Hospital in Springfield, Ohio.
35. Yvens Laborde, MD, was named chief community medical officer for New Orleans-based Ochsner Health.
36. Maria Morales-Menendez was selected as the new group COO for the Palm Beach Health Network and West Palm Beach, Fla.-based St. Mary's Medical Center.
37. Cheryl Klass, BSN, RN, executive vice president and COO and the former chief nursing executive for Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health, plans to retire from the organization. Ms. Klass will leave next year, once her successor as COO is chosen and in place.
38. Dianna Pelay was named assistant vice president of revenue cycle for Intermountain Health's Broomfield, Colo.-based Peaks Region.
39. Thomas Burke will be leaving his role as president of Saint Francis Hospital and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital, both part of Trinity Health of New England's Hartford (Conn.) market.
40. Angela Kelly was named executive director of operations at HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Ill.
Oct. 28-Nov. 3
1. Michael Antoniades was named president of Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill.
2. Ken DeStefano, senior vice president and general counsel for Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare, is retiring after 25 years of service.
3. Allen Radner, MD, was named interim CEO of Salinas (Calif.) Valley Health.
4. Meena Iyer, MD, was named the pediatric chief medical officer for Ascension Texas.
5. Dale Steakley, BSN, RN, joined Dignity Health Woodland (Calif.) Memorial Hospital as its new vice president, COO and chief nurse executive.
6. Chris Spoja, DO, was named chief medical officer of Bozeman (Mont.) Health.
7. Brian Miller was named CEO of Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M., and administrator of the Heart Hospital of New Mexico.
8. Michael Kueker was named CEO of Lovelace Medical Group.
9. Abha Agrawal, MD, was selected as the next president and CEO of Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital.
10. Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, who has served as president of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston since August, is now also CEO of the UTMB Health System. The move is part of organizational restructuring across the university. Read more about the restructuring here.
11. Anthony Coleman, DHA, stepped down from his role as president and CEO of Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Jason Kruse, DO, the hospital's chief medical officer, was named interim CEO.
12. Amber Rollins, MSN, RN, interim chief nursing officer of South Arkansas Regional Hospital in El Dorado, was promoted to the permanent position.
13. Danna Taylor, interim president of South Arkansas Regional Hospital, will now serve in a permanent capacity.
14. Emma Maria Montes-Ewing will become the CEO of South Texas Health System McAllen.
15. Andrew Wilson will return to Doctors Hospital of Laredo (Texas) as CEO.
16. Clarissa Barnes, MD, was named president of the American College of Physician Advisors board of directors.
17. Marti Strand was named vice president of revenue cycle operations at Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph's/Candler Health System.
18. Craig Blinderman, MD, was named chief of the supportive care service at New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
19. Pat Folcarelli, PhD, RN, was named senior vice president for patient care services and the Cynthia and Robert J. Lepofsky chief nursing officer at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
20. Warren Selman, MD, was named chief medical executive for Marcus Neuroscience Institute at Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital.
21. Keith Hobbs was named president and CEO of Torrance (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center.
22. Jon Turton was named interim president of Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, La.
23. Matt Nobis was named regional vice president of finance for Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health.
24. Carla LaFever was named president of Aurora Medical Center-Grafton (Wis.).
25. Jeff Bechen Sr. was named vice president of revenue cycle operations at Providence, R.I.-based CharterCare Health Partners.
26. Chris Anderson was selected as executive vice president and COO of Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care.
27. Kimberly Young, vice president of finance operations at Baptist Memorial Health Care, succeeded Bill Griffin, who retired as executive vice president and CFO.
28. Ron Wachsman, vice president of revenue cycle at Baptist Memorial Health Care, succeeded David Elliott, who retired as vice president of managed care and CEO of Baptist Health Services Group.
29. Tara Laumenede, RN, was named chief nursing officer of North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y.
30. Irene Macyk, PhD, RN, was named executive director of Northwell's South Shore University Hospital in Bayshore, N.Y.
31. Kevin Browne, DNP, RN, was named associate executive director and chief nursing officer for three New York City hospitals: Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital, Lenox Health Greenwich Village and Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital.
32. Israel Rocha was named president of Kaiser Permanente's Mid-Atlantic states region.
33. Erik Mikaitis, MD, chief quality officer of Chicago-based Cook County Health, was named interim CEO.
34. Brenda Carroll, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Merit Health Wesley in Hattiesburg, Miss.
35. Cathy Madigan, DNP, RN, chief nurse executive at Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health, will retire Nov. 17.
36. Mark Rupp, MD, chief of infectious diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, will step down from his leadership role in 2024. Once a successor is appointed, he will continue as a faculty member at University of Nebraska Medical Center. Kelly Cawcutt, MD, will take over his role as director of infection control and epidemiology.
37. Nancy Levett was named CIO and vice president at Rome (N.Y.) Health.
38. Brad Bloemer was named CEO of Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould.
39. Kelley Wachtman, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Henry County Hospital in Napoleon, Ohio.
40. Lynn Severson was named CFO of Watertown, S.D.-based Prairie Lakes Healthcare System.
41. Mark Marcantano was named president of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Nemours Children's Health's Delaware Valley region.
42. Dave Tomey, MD, was named chief medical officer of AdventHealth Redmond in Rome, Ga.
43. Emily Sedgwick, MD, is no longer president and CEO of University Medical Center New Orleans, part of LCMC Health. John Nickens IV selected as interim CEO of the hospital.
Oct. 21-27
1. Michele Goldhagen, MD, was appointed the first chief medical officer of Alexander City, Ala.-based Russell Medical Center.
2. Rachel Drake, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of the MUSC Health Catawba (S.C.) Division.
3. Alicia Gresham was named CEO of Pennsylvania Hospital, part of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.
4. Shakira Henderson, PhD, DNP, was named system chief nurse executive for the UF Health system and dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
5. Peggy Troy, MSN, RN, plans to retire as president and CEO of Milwaukee-based Children's Wisconsin by the end of December 2024.
6. Gar Atchison plans to step down from his role as market president of UP Health System and CEO of UPHS – Marquette (Mich.) in late November. He has accepted a new position as president and CEO of Petoskey-based McLaren Northern Michigan.
7. Jim Hayman will retire as executive vice president of shared clinical services at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Dec. 31.
8. Chris Tiongson was named CFO of Temecula, Calif.-based Southwest Healthcare.
9. Brad Heaton was named CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health's surgery center division.
10. Maya Hogg, MD, was named chief of medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital.
11. Christina Oh is leaving her role as president and CEO of Charleston, S.C.-based Trident Health to become president of Sutter Health's Greater San Francisco market.
12. Jeffrey Nitzsche, MD, was named chief medical officer of St. David’s South Austin Medical Center in Texas.
13. Stephany Jacques, MSN, RN, was promoted from interim to permanent president of Bridgton (Maine) Hospital and Rumford (Maine) Hospital.
14. Julie Quirin was named president of Kansas City, Mo.-based Saint Luke's Health System.
15. Paul Anderson, MD, PhD, was named chief academic officer of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham.
16. Jenny Markham was named chief legal officer of Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health.
17. Krista Roberts is retiring as CEO of St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Enid, Okla.
18. Corinne Francis was named executive vice president and chief mission integration officer of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health.
19. Nancy Susick, RN, COO of acute and post-acute care for Corewell Health East, will become president of Corewell Health's Beaumont Hospital, Troy (Mich.).
20. Brian Brasser will become interim COO of acute and post-acute care for Corewell Health East, part of Corewell Health, which has dual headquarters in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.
21. Josh Halverson, a senior partner at ECG Consulting, will become senior vice president of medical group operations for Corewell Health East.
22. Derk Pronger, president of Corewell Health East's hospital in Farmington Hills, Mich., will become president of Corewell Health's Beaumont Hospital, Grosse Pointe. He will remain president of the Farmington Hills campus.
23. Anika Gardenhire, BSN, RN, was named the inaugural chief digital information officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services.
24. Garry Olney, DNP, RN, chief executive at Providence Little Company of Mary medical centers in San Pedro and Torrance, Calif., will serve as the Northern California service area chief executive. He also will serve as the chief executive of Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital.
25. Byron Gabbard was named CFO of Hazard, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare.
26. Clay Ashdown was named CFO of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health.
Oct. 14-20
1. Joe Wanner is returning to Bartlett Regional Hospital as CFO.
2. Joan Welch was named CFO of HCA Florida Mercy Hospital in Miami.
3. Marilee Arnold, MSN, RN, was named new chief nursing officer of Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville, N.C.
4. Pamela Levering, RN, MSN, was named chief nursing officer of Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Memorial Medical Center.
5. Scott Lupkas left his role as vice president of investments for Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health.
6. Magdalena Spariosu, MD, was named director of behavioral health at Englewood (N.J.) Health.
7. Anita Ramsetty, MD, was named director of health equity at Englewood (N.J.) Health.
8. Corey Snider was named assistant vice president and COO of Orlando (Fla.) Health's Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies.
9. Eric Henry was selected as senior vice president and area manager of the Kaiser Permanente Greater San Jose Service Area.
10. Scott Tongate was named CEO of Macon Community Hospital in Lafayette, Tenn.
11. Ray Anderson, PhD, was named executive vice president and chief strategy officer of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health.
12. Dave Doorn resigned as administrator for Pinedale, Wyo.-based Sublette County Hospital District.
13. Grant Wicklund was named CEO of Christus Santa Rosa Health System in San Antonio.
14. Teresa Herbert, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of AdventHealth Palm Coast (Fla.) and AdventHealth Palm Coast Parkway.
15. Randall Grout, MD, was named chief health informatics officer of Indianapolis-based Eskenazi Health.
16. Russell Hullstrung, RN, left his position as a director of e-learning with Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health.
17. Faye Collins, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Orlando Health St. Cloud (Fla.) Hospital.
18. Aaron Kalin, DO, was named chief medical officer, president, and senior vice president of physician enterprise at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health.
19. Rebecca Altman, RN, was named senior vice president and chief administrative officer for the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus in West Baltimore.
20. Lori Morris was named CFO of Piedmont Newton Hospital in Covington, Ga.
21. Brent Robinson was named COO of Piedmont Augusta (Ga.).
22. David Solomon was named CFO of Tennova Healthcare-Cleveland (Tenn.).
Oct. 7-13
1. Lynn Fulton was named CEO of Wailuku-based Maui Health.
2. Brady DuBois was named CEO of Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Health.
3. Robert Whitaker was named CEO of Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, N.M.
4. Maurizio Virone was named vice president of performance improvement at HCA Midwest Health, based in Overland Park, Kan.
5. Sheree Boyd, BSN, RN, DBA, was named vice president of ambulatory services at Franciscan Health Olympia Fields (Ill.).
6. Corwin Harper was named CEO of Shreveport, La.-based Ochsner LSU Health, part of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health.
7. Stephen Jenney was named senior vice president and CFO/treasurer of South Weymouth, Mass.-based South Shore Health.
8. April Tolson, RN, was named chief nursing officer for San Antonio-based Methodist Hospital's upcoming 54-bed Westover Hills location.
9. Jane Denten, MSN, was named chief nursing officer of UnityPoint Health – Trinity in Moline, Ill.
10. Walter Kerschl, MD, was named chief medical officer of Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tenn.
11. Omar Gonzalez was named vice president of Orlando (Fla.) Health's Puerto Rico/Caribbean region.
12. Gwendolyn Oglesby-Odom, EdD, MSN, RN, who in her previous role served as the chief nursing officer and vice president for Advocate Aurora Trinity Health, was named enterprise vice president of community engagement for Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health.
13. Stacey Brandt was named executive vice president and chief administrative officer at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.
14. Jennifer Crabtree was named vice president of corporate communications and chief of staff at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.
15. Peggy Duggan, MD, was named executive vice president, chief physician executive and chief medical officer at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.
16. Wendi Goodson-Celerin, DNP, will remain senior vice president and chief nursing officer, now reporting directly to Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital's president and CEO, John Couris.
17. Scott Arnold was named executive vice president and chief digital and innovation officer of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.
18. Peter Chang, MD, was named senior vice president and chief transformation officer of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital.
19. Abraham Schwarzberg, MD, will become executive vice president, chief of oncology and president of the Tampa (Fla.) General Provider Network.
20. Eduardo Sotomayor, MD, will become vice president and executive director of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital's cancer institute, reporting to Dr. Schwarzberg.
21. Jeremy Tinnerello, MSN, RN, resigned as president of Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, La. Mr. Tinnerello has been selected as the new president of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System's Jackson, Miss., market.
22. Hal Paz, MD, left his role as CEO of Stony Brook (N.Y.) Medicine and executive vice president for health sciences at Stony Brook University. William Wertheim, MD, has stepped into the role of interim executive vice president of Stony Brook Medicine.
23. Shawn Morrow was named president of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint's Health's Quad Cities and Muscatine, Iowa, region.
24. Clay Holderman — who has served as UnityPoint's CEO since 2021 — will depart the West Des Moines, Iowa-based system amid the organization's publicly called off a planned merger with Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Health Services. Scott Kizer, UnityPoint's former chief legal officer, was promoted to the helm.
25. Jeffrey DiLisi, MD, CEO of Charleston, S.C.-based Roper St. Francis Healthcare System, has chosen not to renew his contract for 2024. Dr. DiLisi agreed to continue serving Roper St. Francis while the board identifies and onboards an interim CEO and begins searching for a permanent replacement.
26. Gregory Ehardt was named senior vice president and chief compliance officer of Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare.
27. Bethanie McDowell, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care at Salina (Kan.) Regional Health Center.
28. Kasey Bustamante, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer and assistant vice president of quality and safety at McLeod Health Dillon (S.C.).
29. Gabrielle Finley-Hazle was named president of Aurora Health Care, effective Nov. 27, and will lead the growth, development and strategic direction of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health's Wisconsin market.
30. Deborah Browning, MSN, RN, was named CEO of Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health's Children's and Women's Hospital.
31. Gabrielle Cummings was named president of Evanston (Ill.) Hospital, effective Jan. 1.\
32. Nikki Fernandez, RN, was named president of Highland Park (Ill.) Hospital, effective Jan. 1.
33. Maria Knecht, RN, was named president of Glenview, Ill.-based Glenbrook Hospital, effective Jan. 1.
34. Gus Granchalek was named president of Skokie (Ill.) Hospital, effective Jan. 1. He currently serves as operational leader for NorthShore Hospitals' surgical services service line.
35. Dave Rahija was named president of NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health Medical Group operations. He currently serves as president of Skokie Hospital.
36. Morgan Lankford was named senior director of system strategy at St. Louis-based Ascension.
37. Hetal Desai was named chief strategy officer of Ascension in Illinois.
38. Rachel Raymond was named chief strategy officer for Ascension for horizontals (post-acute/at-home, ASCs, behavioral health, pharmacy and rehabilitation services).
39. Steven Fiamingo was named vice president of system strategy at St. Louis-based Ascension.
40. Matt Falcao was named chief strategy officer of Baltimore-based St. Agnes Hospital and Maryland.
41. Stephan Masoncup was named chief strategy officer of Ascension in Indiana.
42. Michael Shaw was named chief strategy officer of Ascension in Florida and the Gulf Coast.
43. Pete Delgado, president and CEO of Salinas (Calif.) Valley Health, announced his resignation to staff Oct. 9.
44. Brenda Woodcock, DNP, RN, was named president of Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Va., and Southern Virginia Medical Center in Emporia.
45. Eric Ammons will become the regional president for St. Louis-based Mercy in Southeastern Missouri. Mr. Ammons has spent the past decade as president of Mercy's Jefferson communities. Dan Eckenfels, Mercy Jefferson's vice president of finance and chief administrative officer, will succeed Mr. Ammons.
Sept. 30-Oct. 6
1. Peter Weir, MD, was selected as the inaugural chief population health officer of Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health.
2. Matthew Bizzarro, MD, was named chief medical officer of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Children's Hospital.
3. Lynn Jackson was named CEO of Northside Hospital Forsyth in Cumming, Ga.
4. Mary Nash, PhD, was named chief human resources officer of Lancaster, Ohio-based Fairfield Medical Center.
5. Phil Wright was selected as CEO of Memorial Regional Hospital South in Hollywood, Fla.
6. Shantel Krebs was named regional president and CEO of Avera St. Mary's Hospital in Pierre, S.D.
7. Heather Dexter was named president of the Emory Healthcare Regional Hospital Division, which includes Emory's Johns Creek (Ga.) Hospital; Decatur (Ga.) Hospital; Long-Term Acute Care Hospital in Decatur; Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta; and Hillandale Hospital in Lithonia, Ga.
8. Matt Wain was tapped as president of the Emory Healthcare University Hospital Division, which includes Emory University Hospital in Atlanta; Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Hospital in Tucker, Ga.; Emory University Hospital at Wesley Woods in Atlanta; Emory University Hospital at Smyrna (Ga.); and Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta.
9. Brad Lain was named CFO of Tamarac-based HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital.
10. John Bry was named CFO of Kaiser Permanente's Washington market.
11. Michael Redding was appointed associate vice president of marketing and communications at Lewisburg, Pa.-based Evangelical Community Hospital.
12. Jeffrey Joyce, PhD, was named vice president of research and innovation for Danbury, Conn.-based Nuvance Health.
13. Thomas Kidd, CEO of Macon County General Hospital in Lafayette, Tenn., plans to retire in January.
14. JoDee Knox, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health's Waterloo market.
15. Megan Gillespie, DNP, RN, was named CEO of Sutter Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Hospital.
16. Anup Singh, MD, was named chief medical executive of Sutter Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Hospital.
17. Laura Gillenwater was named assistant vice president of revenue cycle at Searcy, Ark.-based Unity Health.
18. Terry Treadwell is now CEO of Northeast Baptist Hospital, part of San Antonio-based Baptist Health System.
19. Thomas McKinney is CEO of Baptist Medical Center, part of San Antonio-based Baptist Health System.
20. Jose Lozano was named executive vice president and chief growth officer for Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health.
21. Joan Bachleitner was named chief strategy officer at St. Louis-based SSM Health.
22. Stephanie Duggan, MD, will serve as chief clinical officer at St. Louis-based SSM Health.
23. Kevin Smith was named CFO of St. Louis-based SSM Health.
24. John Nguyen, chief strategy officer of St. Louis-based SSM Health, will transition to the newly created role of chief administrative officer.
25. Chip Dalton was named chief revenue officer of Hazard, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare.
26. Michael Saad, senior vice president and CIO of Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center is taking on the CIO role at another health system.
27. Patricia "Trish" Shucoski, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing executive at Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System.
28. Cheryl Porter, MSN, RN, was named chief quality officer of Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center.
29. Michael Charlton was named president and CEO of Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare.
30. Lisa Bowman was named chief nursing officer for AdventHealth Waterman in Tavares, Fla.
31. Jason Hawkins will serve in a combined role as chief administrative officer of two PeaceHealth campuses in Oregon.
32. Jonathan Clarke, MD, was named chief medical officer for two Medical City hospitals in Texas.
33. Tristan Shaw was named CFO of UChicago Medicine AdventHealth Bolingbrook (Ill.).
34. Hugh Chisholm is the new executive vice president and CFO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health.
35. Kyle Kovacevich was named CFO of Newport, Vt.-based North Country Hospital.
36. Chris Siebenaler, executive vice president and CEO of Houston Methodist Sugar Land (Texas), was promoted to a new role of executive vice president of network hospitals.
37. David Bernard, CEO of Houston Methodist Baytown (Texas), will become CEO of Houston Methodist The Woodlands on Jan.1,
38. Linn Block, BSN, RN, was named CEO of Stewart Memorial Community Hospital in Lake City, Iowa.
39. Eladio Gil was named interim CFO of Miami-based primary care provider Cano Health.
40. Anthony Cunningham was named chief revenue officer of New Orleans-based LCMC Health.
Sept. 23-29
1. Michelle Johnson Tidjani was named senior executive vice president and chief administrative officer of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.
2. Ceonne Houston-Raasikh, DNP, MSN, was named chief nursing officer of Keck Hospital of USC in Los Angeles.
3. Peter Paige, MD, was selected as the inaugural chief clinical officer of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health.
4. George Helmy was named executive vice president and chief external affairs and policy officer of West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health.
5. Marcie Ordowich was named COO of the RWJBarnabas Health Medical Group.
6. Dustin Riccio, MD, was selected as the new president and CEO of Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph's Health.
7. Richard Phillips, MD, was named chief medical officer of Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, Ind.
8. Amy King was named chief human resources officer of Denver Health.
9. Will Flett became CFO of Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare Sept. 25.
10. Matt Wille is set to assume the role of COO of Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare in October.
11. Melissa Mendoza was named CFO of HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center.
12. Ian Worden was selected as the new interim CEO of Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska.
13. Tammy Lett, RN, was named senior vice president of the physician network at Chesterfield, Mo.-based St. Luke's.
14. Kevan Mabbutt was named chief marketing, communications and consumer experience officer of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health.
15. Pam Galley, RN, was appointed senior vice president and area manager of the Kaiser Permanente Diablo Service Area.
16. Suresh Krishnan was named vice president and chief technology officer of Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health.
17. Julie Grow was named CFO of Lancaster, Ohio-based Fairfield Medical Center.
18. Dinee Simpson, MD, was selected as the first chief health equity executive of Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine.
19. Michael Murray, MD, was named system chief of the division of genomic medicine and clinical director of the Institute for Genomic Health at New York City-based Mount Sinai.
20. Cynthia Sparer will step down as executive vice president of ambulatory services at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health.
21. Jennifer Havens, RN, was named market president at UnityPoint Health-Dubuque (Iowa).
22. David Cook was named CFO and vice president of finance at Bellevue (Ohio) Hospital.
23. Brent Burish was named interim CEO of HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital.
24. Leigh Ehrlich was selected as the next executive vice president and CFO of Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health.
25. Eddie Bratko was appointed president of Tacoma General and Allenmore hospitals, part of Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System.
26. Karen Murphy, PhD, chief innovation and digital transformation of Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger, will step down from her role. She will take a part-time position as senior adviser to the health system's CEO Jaewon Ryu, MD.
27. Chris Christensen was selected as interim CEO at Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Healthcare District & Foundation.
28. Tammy Powers, BSN, RN, was named CEO of Sutter Roseville (Calif.) Medical Center.
29. Vanessa Walker, DO, was tapped as chief medical executive of Sutter Roseville (Calif.) Medical Center.
30. Joseph Theine is the new CEO of Southwest Health System in Cortez, Colo.
31. J. Gary Bridges, DO, was selected as the next chief of staff at Opelika-based East Alabama Health.
32. Robert Strony, DO, was named senior medical quality officer at Pittsburgh-based UPMC.
33. Joe Rudisill is the new CEO of HCA Florida Englewood Hospital.
Sept. 16-22
1. Debra Feigin Sukin, PhD, was selected as the new president of Houston-based Texas Children's
2. Felissa Koernig was named president and CEO of Oneida (N.Y.) Health.
3. Stephen Gray was selected as CEO of Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital.
4. Sara Carmack, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Saint Mary's Health Network in Reno, Nev.
5. James "Jim" Dover was named the next president and CEO of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health.
6. Shelly Anderson was named Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center's inaugural hospital president.
7. Odette Bolano, BSN, CEO of Trinity Health's West Region and president of Boise, Idaho-based Saint Alphonsus Health System, will retire in June.
8. Brian Harvill is the new president of Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie, N.C.
9. Dennis Campbell II, DHA, RN, was named permanent president of Beaufort Hospital in Washington, N.C.
10. Jen Alderfer will leave her role as president of Intermountain Health's Montana and Wyoming Market and Billings, Mont.-based St. Vincent Healthcare on Oct. 20.
11. Patrick Wall was named vice president of patient financial services at Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health.
12. Jamanda Haddock, MD, was named chief of staff for Cleveland Clinic London.
13. Beenu Chadha was named interim CEO of San Ramon (Calif.) Regional Medical Center.
14. Janie Wade stepped down from her role as CFO of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health.
15. Charles Morris, MD, was named chief medical officer of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
16. Eric Hodes, MD, was named chief medical officer of Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital.
17. Denise Robinson, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health's medical center in Murrieta, Calif.
18. Brian Boies, MD, was named senior vice president and chief academic officer at Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health.
19. Mark Behl took a new role as president and CEO of Fairfield, Calif.-based NorthBay Health.
20. Bhavik Patel, MD, was named the new chief AI officer at Mayo Clinic Arizona, based in Phoenix.
21. Scott Kashman was named president of Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside in Jacksonville, Fla.
22. Joshua Alexander was named COO of Auburn (N.Y.) Community Hospital.
23. Tom Thompson is stepping down as president and COO of Porter Medical Center in Middlebury, Vt.
24. Vittorio Gallo, PhD, was named senior vice president and chief scientific officer at Seattle Children's.
25. Lawana Leonhardt, MSN, RN, was named associate chief nursing officer of TriStar Hendersonville (Tenn.) Medical Center.
26. Michelle Gaskill-Hames, BSN, MHA, was appointed regional president of Kaiser Permanente for Southern California and Hawaii.
27. Steve Young was named CEO of HCA Florida Blake Hospital in Bradenton.
28. Matthew Davis, MD, was named executive vice president, enterprise physician-in-chief and chief scientific officer at Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children's Health.
29. Chris Tart, PharmD, of Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital, was named president of Raeford-based Hoke Hospital.
30. Michael Tart was appointed president of Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital.
31. Stephen Fife was named vice president of ambulatory services for Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cape Fear Valley Health.
Sept. 11-15
1. Shannon Striebich was named president and CEO of Trinity Health Michigan Market.
2. David Pope was named president and CEO of Laurinburg, N.C.-based Scotland Health Care System.
3. Alan Wayne, MD, was named senior vice president of academic affairs and pediatrician-in-chief at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
4. Lara Johnson, MD, was named chief medical officer of Covenant Health's Lubbock service area in Texas.
5. Marilyn Dubree, MSN, RN, is retiring as executive chief nursing officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
6. Irene Macyk, PhD, RN, was named executive director of South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y.
7. John Doyle was named CFO of Newberry (S.C.) Hospital.
8. Dia Nichols is the incoming president of Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care.
9. Jonathan Efron, MD, was named executive vice president for health system affairs at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
10. Rafael Vaquerano was named CEO of San Jose, Calif.-based Gardner Health Services.
11. Fernando Petry, DO, chief medical officer of Stuart, Fla.-based Cleveland Clinic Martin Health, will exit Oct. 1.
12. Sahar Takkouche, MD, associate chief medical officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Wilson and Sumner County regions.
13. Joe Depa was named the inaugural chief data and analytics officer of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.
14. Aaron Gillingham was named senior vice president and chief people officer of York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health.
15. Jerad Hanlon was named CEO of West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton, Fla.
16. Aaron Chang was appointed president of Jefferson Health-East, part of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health.
17. Bob Russell was named CEO of Philadelphia-based Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.
18. Jeff Bowman, CEO of Arkansas City, Kan.-based SCK Health since 2018, is leaving the role for health reasons.
19. Cynthia LaCourt was named system vice president of revenue cycle optimization of Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore-Edward-Elmhurst Health.
20. Brenda Wolf is retiring as president and CEO of La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago.
21. Heather Moynihan, BSN, RN, was named associate chief nursing officer at Orlando (Fla.) Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital.
22. Tom Macaronas, CFO of Parsons, Kan.-based Labette Health, is retiring effective Sept. 30.
23. Bo Beaudry was named senior vice president, serving as ministry market executive for Ascension Oklahoma.
Sept. 2-8
1. Victor Herrera, MD, was named chief clinical officer for the southern region of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth's Central Florida Division.
2. Matt Wille will leave his position as president and CEO of Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, Mich., to take a new role in Wisconsin.
3. Christopher Soska, former COO of Cleveland Clinic Martin Health in Stuart, Fla., took a new role in Wisconsin.
4. Jeff Taylor was named CEO of HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital.
5. Jonathan Lind was named president of Swedish Hospital in Chicago.
6. Kevin Cullinan was named CEO of St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood, Colo.
7. William Jones, MD, was promoted to an expanded role as president of CHI St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock, Ark.
8. John Hoover was named CEO of Medical City Fort Worth (Texas).
9. Erika Batcheller was selected as chief external affairs officer of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health.
10. Nathan Peterson will transition full time to chief of staff to lead the office of the president and CEO at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health.
11. Dane Peterson was named COO of Dallas-based Children's Health.
12. Alex Haines was named CEO of St. Luke Hospital in Marion, Kan.
13. Samantha Silverberg was named CFO of Loxahatchee-based HCA Florida Palms West Hospital.
14. David Fox was named CEO of Merit Health River Region in Vicksburg, Miss.
15. Peter Hahn, MD, resigned as president of the University of Michigan Health-West.
16. Rodolfo "Rudy" Garza, MD, was named chief medical officer of St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas.
17. Christine McSweeney was selected as CEO of Holy Cross Hospital – Jordan Valley in Utah.
18. Angie Simonson was selected as CEO of Holy Cross Hospital – Jordan Valley West in Utah.
19. Kevin Jenkins, was named Market CEO in Utah and CEO of Holy Cross Hospital – Salt Lake.
20. Michael Jensen was named CEO of Holy Cross Hospital – Davis in Utah.
21. Chris Stines was named CEO of Holy Cross Hospital – Mountain Point in Utah.
22. Jason Barrett was named CEO of Amarillo, Texas-based Northwest Texas Healthcare System.
23. Joshua DeTillio was named COO of Nutex Health, a micro-hospital network headquartered in Houston.
24. Derrick Hollings was named executive vice president and CFO of MetroHealth in Cleveland.
25. Chris Allen was named CFO of Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC.
26. Tim Pugsley was named CIO of Watertown, S.D.-based Prairie Lakes Healthcare System.
27. Matthew Drake was selected as executive vice president for strategy and partnerships at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health.
28. Frederick Hargett was named executive vice president and CFO of Pittsburgh-based UPMC.
29. Sally Seymour was named CEO of HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital in Hudson.
Aug. 26-Sept. 1
1. Michael Nester was named CEO of Winston Medical Center in Louisville, Miss.
2. Bridget Denzik, DNP, NSN, RN, was selected as the chief nursing officer of Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C.
3. Mark Behl, executive vice president and COO at Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health, resigned from his position.
4. Jonelle Thomas, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of St. David’s Georgetown (Texas) Hospital.
5. Allie Krass was named associate vice president of community engagement for Overland Park, Kan.-based HCA Midwest Health.
6. Gary Hall plans to retire as CIO of Estes Park (Colo.) Health.
7. Anthony DeFurio resigned as executive vice president and CFO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health.
8. Caleb Poore was named president and CEO of Albion, Neb.-based Boone County Health Center.
9. Amy Gray was named CFO of Salem (Ill.) Township Hospital.
10. Randy Montgomery was named CFO of Logan, Ohio-based Hocking Valley Community Hospital.
11. Michael Pencina, PhD, was named the inaugural chief data scientist of Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health.
12. Jeremy Zoch, PhD, CEO of Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., is leaving his role Sept. 1.
13. Patrick Garvey was named CFO of Maryville, Ill.-based Anderson Healthcare System.
14. Hadeel Alkhairw, MD, was named chief quality officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in New York City.
15. Thaina Rousseau-Pierre, DO, was named patient safety officer and chief equity officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in New York City.
16. Gail Young, DNP, RN, will serve as deputy chief nursing officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst in New York City.
17. Kari McCord, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen.
18. Rodolfo Garza, MD, was named chief medical officer of Austin, Texas-based St. David's Medical Center.
19. Dee Weber will serve as chief human resources officer of Marysville, Ohio-based Memorial Health.
20. Kevin Kline, MD, was selected as the inaugural medical director of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine's Program for LGBTQ+ Health.
21. Johann Ramirez was named chief strategy officer of Doctors Medical Center and Central Valley Doctors Health System in Modesto, Calif.
22. Derek Goebel was named CFO of Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System.
23. John Pohlman, senior vice president and CFO of Oceanside, N.Y.-based Mount Sinai South Nassau, will assume the additional role of COO.
24. Ken Long, senior vice president for administration at Oceanside, N.Y.-based Mount Sinai South Nassau, will assume the additional role of chief clinical integration officer.
25. Dori Marshall, MD, was named chief medical officer of Oishei Children's Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y.
26. Darlene Sweet, MSN, RN, was named the new vice president for Georgia Heart Institute in Gainesville.
27. Vikram "Vik" Reddy, MD, is Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System's new chief medical officer.
28. Stuart Downs, DNP, RN, was hired as chief nursing executive for Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System.
29. John Neidenbach was named administrator of Northeast Georgia Medical Center Barrow in Winder.
30. Matthew Matthiessen was named CFO of Tonasket, Wash.-based North Valley Hospital.
31. Megan Amalakuhan was named CEO of San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare's new Westover Hills hospital.
32. Jenn Freund, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Trident Medical Center in North Charleston, S.C.
33. Joanie White-Wagoner was named CEO of Hayti, Mo.-based Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems.
34. Nandita Gupta, MD, was named chief medical officer of PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview, Wash.
Aug. 19-25
1. Vinson Yates, president of OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital and OhioHealth Shelby Hospital, will retire, effective Oct. 1, and Curt Gingrich, MD, president of OhioHealth Marion General Hospital, will succeed him.
2. Buffy Key, who has served as Cookeville (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center's interim CEO since March, was promoted to the permanent position.
3. Tom Daskalakis was named CEO of Clinton Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Ohio.
4. Abbey Herrera-Williams will serve as vice president of human resources at two hospitals in California: Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach.
5. Heather Foster was named vice president of quality and patient safety at two hospitals in California: Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach.
6. Nick Baldetti, DBA, was selected as acting CEO of Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Healthcare System.
7. Page Bachman was named senior vice president and chief experience officer of Topeka, Kan.-based Stormont Vail Health.
8. Rachel Nosowsky was named chief counsel for San Francisco-based UCSF Health.
9. Ben Quinton was selected as interim president and CEO of Rock Regional Hospital in Derby, Kan.
10. Brian Tesler, MD, was named chief medical director of women's health at Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.
11. Stevanie Reynolds, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Piedmont Walton Hospital in Monroe, Ga.
12. Kristopher Kitz left his role as chief strategy officer of Tucson, Ariz.-based TMC Health.
13. Tammy Moore, RN, BSN, was named chief nursing officer of Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville, N.C., and Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville, N.C.
14. Ken Hunter, BSN, RN, is retiring as CEO of Kimball (Neb.) Health Services.
15. Judy LaFrance is the chief administrative officer of Hendrick Medical Center South in Abilene, Texas.
16. Susan Wade is the Abilene Market COO at Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health.
17. Heather Ray, DNP, RN, is the Abilene Market chief nursing officer at Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health.
18. Jessica Connell, MSN, RN, is chief nursing officer of Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood (Texas).
19. Jesiree Driskell is the assistant vice president of strategic communication and digital experience for Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health.
20. Kirk Canada is the vice president and COO for Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health.
21. Brian Bessent is the vice president and chief strategy officer for Abilene, Texas-based Hendrick Health.
22. Jory Lee is COO of Hendrick Medical Center Brownwood, Texas.
23. Gulshan Mehta was named chief digital and information officer of Findlay, Ohio-based Blanchard Valley Health System.
24. LouAnn Woodward, MD, extended her contract to lead the Jackson-based University of Mississippi Medical Center for four more years.
25. Aimee Daily, PhD, was named president and CEO of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
26. Kyle Kellum was named CEO of Jennie M. Melham Medical Center in Broken Bow, Neb.
27. Patty Howard, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of two Texas hospitals: HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake in Webster and HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland in Texas City.
28. Ben Schwartz, MD, left his role as president of Corewell Health's East region, and Darryl Elmouchi, MD, COO of Corewell Health, will assume the role on an interim basis. Corewell Health has dual headquarters in Grand Rapids and Southfield, Mich.
29. Tim Belec was named CIO of Fairfield, Iowa-based Jefferson County Health Center.
Aug. 12-18
1. Onel Rodriguez was named CFO of HCA Florida Aventura Hospital.
2. Jordi Disler, MSN, RN, is now serving as president of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health's North market.
3. Karen Farst, MD, was promoted to senior vice president and chief medical officer for Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
4. Michelle Niermann will become COO of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health's East Division.
5. Casey Greene was named market president for UnityPoint Health – Cedar Rapids (Iowa).
6. Pamela Delagardelle will become COO of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health's West Division.
7. Jenni Friedly was named market president for UnityPoint Health – Waterloo (Iowa).
8. Sharon Marine was named chief philanthropy officer of Cincinnati Children's.
9. William Brien, MD, was named chief medical officer of Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio, Calif., and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree, Calif.
10. Cindy Hecker, BSN, CEO of the Seattle-based University of Washington Medical Center, will retire in June 2024.
11. John Thresher was named chief development and integration officer of Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare.
12. Maria Garvin was named CFO of Medical City Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.
13. Sheryl Rickard will retire as CEO of Bonner General Health at the year's end.
14. Declan Doyle was named president at Catholic Health's St. Catherine of Siena Hospital in Smithtown, N.Y.
15. Brenda Kuhn, PhD, RN, was named interim president of Kettering Health Dayton (Ohio).
16. Michael Mewhirther was named chief administrative officer of Kettering (Ohio) Health.
17. Tim Ko is serving as interim CFO of Kettering (Ohio) Health).
18. Alan Harmatz, MD, was named chief medical officer of Medical City Dallas.
19. Jeremy Hall was selected for an expanded role at Hazard, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare.
20. Tadren Kennedy was named COO of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital in Glendale, Calif.
21. Anthony Guaccio, president and CEO of Swedish Hospital in Evanston, Ill., will retire at the year's end.
22. Mark Sullivan will step down as president and CEO of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health on Aug. 31.
23. Diane Comer is set to retire as chief information and technology officer of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente.
24. Nathan Rumsey was named acting CEO of Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska.
25. Seth Brown, MD, will become chief medical officer of Franklin Woods Community Hospital in Johnson City, Tenn. He will maintain his current CMO role for Niswonger Children's Hospital and the Niswonger Children's Network.
26. Daniel Lewis, MD, will become chief medical officer of Hawkins County Memorial Hospital and Hancock County Hospital, both part of Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health. He will maintain his current role as CMO of Greeneville Community Hospital.
27. Sean Ochsenbein, MD, was named chief medical officer of Johnson County Community Hospital, Sycamore Shoals Hospital and Unicoi County Community Hospital, all part of Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health. He will maintain his responsibilities as a part-time ER physician.
28. Raquel Morian was named chief human resources officer of University Hospital in Newark, N.J.
29. Lois Greene, DHA, RN, was named senior vice president of wellness, diversity, equity and inclusion at University Hospital in Newark, N.J.
30. Gonzalo Solís will serve as COO of Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
31. Madison Workman was named COO of Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach, Fla.
32. Shawn Dufford, MD, was named chief medical officer of Gulfport, Miss.-based system Memorial Health System.
33. Melissa Packer was named CFO of MUSC Health's Lancaster (S.C.) Division.
34. Mitch Cloward was selected as the new Desert Region president overseeing operations for Intermountain Health's Southern Nevada and Southwest Utah markets.
35. Madeline Watts was named director of its government and regulatory affairs at Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.
36. Daniel Jackson was named ministry market executive for Ascension Wisconsin and senior vice president for St. Louis-based Ascension.
37. Dan Cancelmi, CFO of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, is ending his full-time role at the for-profit operator on Dec. 31.
Aug. 5-11
1. David Singer is returning to New Orleans-based LCMC Health as CIO.
2. Elizabeth Golden was named executive vice president for communications and marketing at New York City-based NYU Langone Health.
3. Karen Reilly, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services at Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston.
4. James Dover is stepping down as CEO of Lansing, Mich.-based Sparrow Health System.
5. Chelsea Reynolds Desrosiers was selected to serve in the combined role of COO and CFO of Cary Medical Center in Caribou, Maine.
6. Julian Yang, MD, was named chief medical officer of Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo.
7. Ruben Castro was named CEO of Abrazo Scottsdale Campus and Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital, both in Arizona.
8. Juan Mejia was promoted to president of NewYork-Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in New York City.
9. Teddy Jones was named CFO of Medical City North Hills in North Richland Hills, Texas.
10. Charlie Abraham, MD, was named chief medical officer of Dignity Health's St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino, Calif.
11. Andrew Chang was named vice president and chief marketing officer of University of Chicago Medicine.
12. Ashley Hindman was named CEO of Harris Regional Hospital in Sylva, N.C., and Swain Community Hospital in Bryson City, N.C.
13. Todd Blake was named COO of Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center and Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach.
14. Catherine Codispoti was named senior vice president and chief people officer of St. Louis-based Mercy.
15. Sherrie Somers, DO, was named chief medical officer of HCA Florida's North Florida Hospital in Gainesville.
16. Krista Curell, RN, was appointed executive vice president and COO of University of Chicago Health System.
17. David Zaas, MD, was named president of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.
18. Sarah Currie, MSN, RN, was named senior vice president and chief nursing executive of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
19. Nick Iannoni, vice president of data and analytics services, will take on the duties of the chief analytics officer at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health.
20. Lindsey Petrini is the new CEO of Piedmont Newton Hospital in Covington, Ga.
21. David Sylvan was named chief strategy and innovation officer of Cleveland-based University Hospitals.
22. Ivelesse Mendez-Justiniano was promoted to vice president and chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals.
23. Russell Woolley was named president and CEO of Roseburg, Ore.-based CHI Mercy Health.
24. Lilicia Bailey, PhD, was named senior executive vice president and chief people officer of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.
25. Albert Marinez was named the inaugural chief analytics officer of Cleveland Clinic.
26. Jensen Hyde, MD, was named chief medical officer of Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health.
27. Patrick Avila was named CEO of Kirksville, Mo.-based Northeast Regional Medical Center.
July 29-Aug. 4
1. Glenn Focht, MD, was named president of Newburyport, Mass.-based Anna Jaques Hospital.
2. Jacqueline Carberry Baratian was named senior vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer for Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals.
3. Robert Craft, MD, was named senior vice president and chief academic officer of the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. He will also serve as dean of the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine.
4. Ardel Guillamas Avelino, DNP, RN, was named vice president and COO of Dignity Health-St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif.
5. Rachel Marek, MD, was named chief medical officer of Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands.
6. Drew Bigby joined Providence Swedish as chief administrative officer for the Central Puget Sound service area.
7. Lynn Wold was named CEO of Onawa, Iowa-based Burgess Health Center.
8. Jeremy Rabe was named CEO of Trego County-Lemke Memorial Hospital in WaKeeney, Kan.
9. Mark Keroack, MD, will retire as CEO of Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health in July 2024.
10. Keith Page will retire as president and CEO of Maryville, Ill.-based Anderson Healthcare in February.
11. Richard Vath, MD, president and CEO of Baton Rouge, La.-based Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, is retiring in June 2024.
12. Stacy Kreil, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer for AdventHealth Lake Placid, AdventHealth Wauchula and AdventHealth Sebring in Florida.
13. Victoria Selley, DO, MSN, was named chief medical officer of AdventHealth Sebring in Florida.
14. Rodrigo Torres, MD, was named chief medical officer of AdventHealth Ocala in Florida.
15. Gerald Oetzel, CFO of the recently combined Wisconsin-based Bellin Gundersen Health system, resigned from his position, effective Sept. 29.
16. Tara McVay, MSN, RN, was named president and CEO of Logansport (Ind.) Memorial Hospital.
17. Philip Heavner, MD, was named chief medical officer of Guthrie Cortland (N.Y.) Medical Center.
18. Steven Jorgensen, president of Lewiston, Maine-based St. Mary's Health System and senior vice president for Tewsbury, Mass.-based Covenant Health, will retire on Dec. 31.
19. David Keith announced his plans to retire as CEO of Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska.
20. Sam Muse tendered his resignation as CFO of Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska.
21. Lou Baverso was named COO of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System.
22. Gina Temple, PhD, RN, is no longer serving as CEO of HCA Florida Bayonet Point Hospital in Hudson.
23. Scott Smith was named market CEO for Dallas-based Tenet’s Healthcare's Memphis market and CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis (Tenn.).
24. Elsie Graves, RN, BSN, was named chief nursing officer for Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health's Greensboro market.
25. Clyde Wood, CEO of Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind., is leaving his role.
July 22-28
1. Patti Pilgrim was named CFO of MemorialCare's Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center and Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach.
2. April Settles was named CFO of Washington, Ind.-based Daviess Community Hospital.
3. Ron Stiver, former president of system health solutions at Indianapolis-based IU Health, will now serve as senior vice president of system healthcare operations.
4. Brian Shockney, former president of IU Health's South Central region, was promoted to senior vice president of system regional operations.
5. Ben Mensalis, MD, was named senior vice president and chief digital and information officer of IU Health.
6. Erin Lewis was named senior vice president, general counsel and chief administrative officer of IU Health.
7. Mark Russ, MD, was named chief medical officer of New Canaan, Conn.-based Silver Hill Hospital.
8. Adrian Larson was named COO of University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho.
9. Cathy Pimple, DNP, RN, was promoted from chief administrative officer to CEO of Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kan.
10. Justin Precourt was named interim president of Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Memorial Medical Center.
11. Andrew McDonald was named CFO of Las Cruces, N.M.-based MountainView Regional Medical Center.
12. Jennifer Peters was named executive vice president and chief administrative and legal officer of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health.
13. Jill Anelli was named senior vice president and chief human resources officer of Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga.
14. Kurt Andersen, MD, was named president of MercyOne's Eastern Iowa division.
15. Jessica Macalino will become the first president of Riverside Smithfield (Va.) Hospital, set to open in about two and a half years.
16. Chase Hendrickson, MD, was named executive medical director of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Medicine Patient Care Center.
17. Geeta Nastasi, RN, was named vice president and chief nursing information officer of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health.
18. Joe Dolan was named CFO of Knoxville, Tenn.-based Covenant Health.
19. Gregory Rokosz, DO, was named chief medical officer of Old Bridge (N.J.) Medical Center and Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, N.J.
20. Catherine White was named interim CEO of Burns, Ore.-based Harney District Hospital.
21. Julie Eastman was named CIO of Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health.
22. Michelle Ruru was named COO of Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital.
23. Ranjit Hundal, MD, chief medical officer for Providence in Humboldt County, was named the interim chief executive.
24. Brenda Baker was named CFO of Broward Health North in Deerfield Beach, Fla.
July 15-21
1. Joel Wassermann, MD, was named chief medical officer of Walla Walla, Wash.-based Providence St. Mary Medical Center.
2. David McCready was named president and CEO of New Bedford, Mass.-based Southcoast Health.
3. Carol Fox, MD, was named chief medical officer at Independence Health System, the organization formed by the merger of Butler (Pa.) Health System and Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health System.
4. David Rottinghaus, MD, was named president of the physician and provider network at Independence Health System.
5. Karen Allen, RN, was named president of Butler (Pa.) Memorial and Clarion (Pa.) hospitals.
6. Brian Fritz was named president of Frick Hospital in Mount Pleasant, Pa., Latrobe (Pa.) Hospital and Westmoreland Hospital in Greensburg, Pa.
7. Caleb O'Rear resigned as CEO of Alta Vista Regional Hospital in Las Vegas, N.M.
8. Patrick Downes was named president of St. Joseph's Hospital-South in Riverview, Fla.
9. Anne Marie Watkins, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing executive of Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health.
10. Michelle Stemley, DNP, RN, plans to leave her vice president role at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center - Fort Worth (Texas) and become the chief nursing officer of The Woman's Hospital of Texas in Houston.
11. Ryan Van Donselaar, DO, was named chief medical officer of Danville, Ind.-based Hendricks Regional Health.
12. Michelle Bruhn was named executive vice president and CFO of Phoenix Children's.
13. Oscar Marroquin, MD, Pittsburgh-based UPMC's chief healthcare data and analytics officer, is switching roles to become the system's senior vice president and president of UPMC's physician services division.
14. Julie Lautt, CFO of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health, was selected as the organization's interim president and CEO.
15. Hassan Beiz, MD, was named chief medical officer of Pontiac, Mich.-based McLaren Oakland.
16. Steve Brock was named CFO of Memorial Medical Center in Port Lavaca, Texas.
17. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD, will step down from his role as president of Stanford (Calif.) University on Aug. 31 amid scrutiny of his past research projects.
18. Steven Collins, a former finance leader for Cambridge, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Health, was named senior vice president of financial planning and analysis for Sonrava Health, a dental support organization.
19. David Kim, MD, was named CEO of MemorialCare Medical Foundation — which encompasses Fountain Valley, Calif.-based MemorialCare's medical group, Greater Newport Physicians and more than 200 outpatient care centers — and executive vice president of the health system's parent entity.
20. Cory Mead was named CEO of HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital in Tamarac.
21. Sarah Hatchett was named interim CIO of Cleveland Clinic.
22. Amaka Eneanya, MD, was named chief transformation officer of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare.
23. Deborah Addo was named president of Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health.
24. Kris O'Shea, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Conemaugh Health System in Johnstown, Pa.
25. Mark Toney, MD, was named vice president of medical affairs at Wolfson Children's Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla.
26. Darla Fish, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of AdventHealth New Smyrna Beach in Florida.
27. Kim King, RN, ACM-RN, was named vice president of case management at HCA Midwest Health.
28. Troy Christensen was named CEO of Driggs, Idaho-based Teton Valley Health.
29. Thomas Murray, MD, PhD, was named interim section chief of pediatric infectious diseases at Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven (Conn.) Children's Hospital.
30. Kevin Callahan is stepping down as president of Exeter (N.H.) Health Resources.
31. Julie Barnes, MD, will retire as chief medical officer at AdventHealth Redmond, Ga.
32. Sam Younger, MSN, PhD, was named COO of TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital in Bowling Green, Ky.
33. Harrison Reed was named chief administrative officer and associate vice chancellor for clinical finance and strategy at Little Rock, Ark.-based UAMS Health.
34. O.N. Ray Bignall II, MD, was named chief diversity and health equity officer at Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital.
35. Gregory Hoffman-Fragale, DNP, RN, was named associate chief nursing officer of Geneva, N.Y.-based Finger Lakes Health.
36. Matthew Kull was named chief information and digital officer at Falls Church, Va.-based Inova.
July 11-14
1. Hamila Kownacki, RN, was named CEO of California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco.
2. Darian Harris was named CEO of Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame and San Mateo, Calif.
3. Tony Keene was named CEO of Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado, Ill.
4. Anthony Meador is the new COO of Austin, Texas-based Ascension Seton Medical Center.
5. Richard Lisitano was named executive vice president of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health and president of Lawrence + Memorial Healthcare, a hospital group based in New London, Conn.
6. Patricia Hiserote, DO, was named physician-in-chief at Santa Rosa (Calif.) Medical Center.
7. Jonathan Hatfield was named CEO of Klickitat Valley Health, a critical access hospital in Goldendale, Wash.
8. Thomas "T.J." Senker was named president of MedStar Good Samaritan and MedStar Union Memorial hospitals, both in Baltimore, and senior vice president of Columbia, Md.-based MedStar Health.
9. Jason Smith, MD, was named chief medical officer of Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Ga.
10. Rick Naegler was named market CEO at Springdale, Ark.-based Northwest Health and CEO of the system's Springdale hospital.
11. Ed Huang, MD, was named president of Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass., part of Beth Israel Lahey Health System, also based in Cambridge.
12. Andy Dreesen will take the helm of Leadville, Colo.-based St. Vincent Health, effective Sept. 1.
13. Carey Estes joined HCA Florida JFK North Hospital in West Palm Beach as vice president of quality.
14. Mary Christoffersen, DNP, RN, was named senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital.
15. Keith Churchwell, MD, will resign as president of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital on Aug. 11.
16. Tanya Townsend was appointed chief information and digital officer of Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Medicine Children's Health.
17. Chad Wolbers will resign from his role as president and CEO of UnityPoint Health–Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa.
18. Tyler Sherrill was named CEO of East Cooper Medical Center in Mount Pleasant, S.C.
19. Nicole Carr, DNP, MSN, RN, was named vice president of nursing operations for HCA Midwest Health.
20. Susan Ibanez was named CIO of Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Health System.
21. Chris Spady will serve as Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health's southeast division vice president of revenue cycle.
June 30-July 10
1. Federico Serrot, MD, was selected as medical director of bariatric and metabolic surgery at Cleveland Clinic.
2. Lizette Otero, BSN, was named chief nursing officer at Miami-based HCA Florida Kendall Hospital.
3. Amy Jibilian, MD, was tapped by Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network as chief wellness officer for the hospital and its affiliated physician network.
4. Christine Woolsey was named senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer for Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System.
5. Alec Grabowski was named network CEO of Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville, N.C., and Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville, N.C.
6. Ashley Dickinson will resign as CEO of Valparaiso, Ind.-based Northwest Health, effective in late July.
7. Jon Ness, CEO of Kootenai Health, will retire from the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-based system in early 2024.
8. Gerald Oetzel was named CFO of Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System.
9. Efe Efemini, MD, was named chief medical officer of Rockdale Hospital in Conyers, Ga.
10. Tony Johnston was named senior vice president of information services and CIO of Cincinnati Children's.
11. Kristi Henderson, DNP, left her executive roles at Optum to helm Confluent Health, a family of physical and occupational therapy companies based in Louisville, Ky.
12. John Whitlock, Jr., was named CEO of MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham, Mass.
13. Joshua Lenchus, DO, left his role as chief medical officer of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health.
14. Heather Havericak is no longer CEO of Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
15. Richard Margulis has retired from his role as president and CEO of Patchogue, N.Y.-based Long Island Community Hospital.
16. John Petrov was named chief human resources officer of Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health.
17. Steve Snyder was named CFO of McLaren Macomb, part of Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care.
18. Kevin Samrow was named CEO of Merit Health Natchez (Miss.).
19. Karen Tracy, RN, was named CEO of Rochelle (Ill.) Community Hospital.
20. Perry Gay is the new CEO of Lutheran Downtown Hospital in Fort Wayne, Ind.
21. Michelle Lee, CFO of Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System, stepped down from the position.
22. Andrew Storer, PhD, DNP, RN, was promoted to chief nursing officer, senior vice president of patient care services and associate professor of oncology at Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.
23. Nancy Bussani was promoted to executive vice president and chief philanthropy officer, as well as president of the CommonSpirit Health Foundation, at Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.
24. Shelbourn Stevens is no longer with Winston-Salem-N.C.-based Novant Health.