Health systems, hospitals getting new IT execs

Here are 44 hospitals and health systems appointing new IT executives to their teams, as reported by Becker's since Dec. 12:

Editor's note: This article was updated on Dec. 20 and will continue to be updated with the lastest news.

1. Mouneer Odeh was named the inaugural chief data and artificial intelligence officer of Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai.
   
   
2. Nari Gopala was named chief digital officer of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.
   
   
3. Joyce Oh has been named chief information and digital transformation officer of Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital Health Network.
   
   
4. Brady Small has been named a regional CIO for Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health.
   
   
5. Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health System has named Glynn Stanton as its new CIO.
   
   
6. Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System named Lynnette Clinton as its new CIO. 

7. Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has named M. Madan Babu, PhD, as its new chief data scientist.

8. Orlando Health named Shahidul Mannan as its new chief data, analytics and AI officer.
   
   
9. Houston Methodist has named Michelle Stansbury as its new associate chief innovation officer.
   
   
10. Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins named Janet Rathod as its new vice president and chief information security officer.
    
    
11. CommonSpirit Health at Home named Trisha Crissman as its new president and CEO.
    
    
12. Centennial, Colo.-based CommonSpirit Health Mountain Region named Dale Gold, MD, as its new chief medical informatics officer.
    
    
13. New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System named Lisa Stump as its new chief digital information officer.
    
    
14. Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health has named Jessica Thompson Melton as its new chief transformation officer.
    
    
15. Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has named Omer Awan as its new vice president and CIO.
    
    
16. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has named Nihal Bakeer, MD, as its new associate chief health informatics officer for ambulatory EHR. 
    
    
17. UChicago Medicine has named Yeman Collier as its new senior vice president and CIO.
    
    
18. Paramus, N.J.-based Valley Health System has tapped K. Nadeem Ahmed, MD, as its new chief medical information officer. 
    
    
19. Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health has named Alok Chaudhary as its new vice president and chief data and artificial intelligence officer.  
    
    
20. UT Health San Antonio has named Michael Schnabel as its new interim vice president and CIO. 
    
    
21. Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has named Reema Narang as its new chief strategy and innovation officer.  
    
    
22. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health has named Sanjeev Sah as its new chief information security officer. 
    
    
23. Valley Health System in Paramus, N.J., has named K. Nadeem Ahmed, MD, as its chief medical information officer.
    
    
24. Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health named two C-suite leaders to its team. Naveen Maram, MD, was appointed as chief data officer, while Lonnie Garrison was named chief technology officer.
    
    
25. Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare named Jordan Ruch as its new CIO. 
    
    
26. Washington, D.C.-based Children's National Hospital named Alda Mizaku as its new vice president and chief data and artificial intelligence officer. 
    
    
27. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health named Onyeka Nchege as its new executive vice president and chief digital and information officer.
    
    
28. Coral Gables, Fla.-based Baptist Health South Florida named Sha Edathumparampil as its new chief digital and information officer.
    
    
29. Cleveland Clinic has named Sarah Hatchett as its new senior vice president and CIO. 
    
    
30. Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health has named Keith Jones as its new CIO. 
    
    
31. Lexington, Ky.-based UK HealthCare named Katie Dickens as its new chief digital and information officer.
    
    
32. UC San Diego Health named Karandeep Singh, MD, as its inaugural chief health artificial intelligence officer, a newly created C-suite role for the health system.
    
    
33. Boston-based Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital named Micheal Sweet as its new interim CIO. 
    
    
34. Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine named Marc Overcash as its new inaugural deputy CIO.
    
    
35. Joy Brown was named senior vice president and chief digital information officer of Boston Medical Center Health System.
    
    
36. Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center named Lynnette Clinton as its new senior vice president and CIO.
    
    
37. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare named Chad Wasserman as its new CIO and senior vice president. 
    
    
38. Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare named Madhu Behera, PhD, as its inaugural chief research informatics officer. 
    
    
39. IU Health named Amar Nagaram as its new associate CIO. 
    
    
40. Murray (Ky.) Calloway County Hospital has named Aaron Rucker as its new CIO. 
    
    
41. Bozeman (Mont.) Health named Vasanth Balu as its new CIO. 
    
    
42. New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health named Kristin Myers to the role of chief digital officer. This is the health system's first chief digital officer.
    
    
43. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center named George T. "Buddy" Hickman as its new chief digital and information officer.
    
    
44. Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare named Tina Haskins Smith as its new senior vice president and chief information officer.