University Medical Center New Orleans named Eli Smith vice president of business development.
Here are four points:
1. Mr. Smith most recently served as vice president-primary care and medical specialties for Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Physician Group.
2. He previously worked at Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa, Okla., where he was vice president of operations. Before that, he was the health system's executive director of home care operations.
3. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
4. He holds an MBA from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.