The following hospital and health system executive moves were reported by Becker's Hospital Review in the last week. They are listed below, beginning with the most recent.
1. Robert "Bo" Cofield was named vice president and chief clinical operating officer of Lexington-based UK HealthCare, effective mid-August.
2. Bath Community Hospital in Hot Springs, Va., named Kathy Landreth president and CEO.
3. Pottstown (Pa.) Memorial Medical Center named Rich Newell CEO, effective July 27.
4. Alfonso "Al" Diaz Jr., MD, CMO of Harbin Clinic in Rome, Ga., will be leaving the organization to become CEO of Kindred Hospital Rome (Ga.).
5. Kay Takes was named president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque (Iowa).
6. Val Verde Regional Medical Center in Del Rio, Texas, named Xochy Hurtado CEO.
7. Mercy Health-Cincinnati named Todd Lupton CFO.
8. USMD Hospital at Arlington (Texas) appointed Laurie Lewis CNO.
9. Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, S.C., named Tod Augsburger president and CEO, effective Oct. 1.
10. Robert Marmerstein joined Texas City-based Mainland Medical Center, a Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America hospital, as COO.
11. Wrangell (Alaska) Medical Center CEO Marla Sanger is leaving her position, effective Oct. 30.
12. Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Alliance named Michael Stenger president and CEO of Franciscan St. Margaret Health in Dyer, Ind. and Hammond, Ind., and Franciscan Healthcare in Munster, Ind., effective July 1.
13. Danville (Va.) Regional Medical Center named Ross Taylor, MD, as the new CMO.
14. St. Peter, Minn.-based River’s Edge Hospital & Clinic named Gregg Chartrand CFO.
15. Chicago-based Presence Health appointed Sam Bagchi, MD, chief quality and medical officer.
16. Michael McAnder was named CFO of Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare, effective July 13.
17. David Fuller, CEO of North Okaloosa Medical Center in Crestview, Fla., resigned June 23.
18. Vibra Hospital of San Diego named Yameeka Jones CEO.
19. Sharon (Pa.) Regional Health System named Jason Roeback CEO, effective July 1.
20. Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare chose Patrick Battey, MD, as the next CEO of Piedmont Atlanta Hospital.
21. Michael Lally, CEO of Calais (Maine) Regional Hospital, resigned June 23.
22. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Erie County Medical Center Corp. appointed two new executives. Mary Laski Hoffman, RN, was appointed COO and Julia Culkin-Jacobia was appointed chief people officer.
23. Auburn, Ind.-based DeKalb Health named Craig Polkow CEO, effective Aug. 3.