Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, Fla., appointed Karen Davis, BSN, interim president and CEO, effective Dec. 31.
Here are four notes:
1. Ms. Davis currently serves as a senior director of Alvarez & Marsal, a healthcare consulting firm.
2. She has previous hospital leadership experience having served as CEO of Metro West Hospital in Framingham, Mass., as well as interim CEO at other acute care hospitals.
3. She succeeds Jeffrey L. Susi, who is retiring at the end of 2017.
4. Mr. Susi served as the hospital's leader for nearly two decades.