BECKER’S HOSPITAL REVIEW September Executive Moves SPONSORED BY: Interim Solutions Permanent Search Empowering Candidates Decades of EXPERIENCE. A Lifetime of COMMITMENT. GET TO KNOW rvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Hoag William Webster, president and CEO of Health CEO Richard Afable, MD, plans to Medical Center Health System in Odessa, Iretire by the end of the year. Dr. Afable Texas, is retiring, effective January 2018. also serves as executive vice president of Providence St. Joseph Health Southern Cal- Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health System ifornia Region-Orange County/High Desert. appointed Susan Steagull CIO, effective July 30. Eutaw, Ala.-based Greene County Health System CEO Elmore Patterson is resigning. Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital Presi- dent and CEO Mitchell Carson is stepping Jim FitzPatrick, president and CEO of Mercy down, after leading the two-year transition Medical Center-Sioux City (Iowa) resigned. to the hospital's new parent, Centennial, Colo.-based Centura Health. Hartford-based Connecticut Children's Medical Center named Gil Peri president Houston-based CHI St. Luke's Health CEO and COO, effective Sept. 25. Michael Covert, who tendered his resigna- tion in late June, will be staying in the role Evan Dillard, president and CEO of Hatties- under his successor is appointed. burg, Miss.-based Forrest Health, is retiring. TriStar Centennial Medical Center, a 657- San Angelo (Texas) Community Medical bed hospital in Nashville, Tenn., will ap- Center CEO Jeremy Riney is stepping point Justin Coury COO Sept. 1. down, effective Sept. 12. Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Health Alaska, named Dave Wallace CEO. Network appointed Mike Poore regional president and CEO, effective Aug. 21. Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital in Worcester, Mass., hired Mary Louise D'Avino as CEO. Galax, Va.-based Twin County Regional Healthcare selected Dale Alward as its new Amita Health Adventist Medical Center La CEO, effective Aug. 28. Grange (Ill.) selected Michael Murrill to serve as CEO. Robert Letson, CEO of South Peninsula Hospital in Homer, Alaska, is retiring in June Avera Gregory (S.D.) Hospital CEO An- 2018, according to a Homer Tribune report. thony Timanus is leaving his post for a 13-month deployment, during which he Pemiscot Memorial Health Systems in will care for soldiers in the Middle East. Hayti, Mo., named Jim Marshall CEO and administrator. Columbus, Ga.-based St. Francis Hospital se- lected Dan Jones to serve as interim CEO. Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota named Emily Chapman, MD, CMO and vice Doctors Hospital of Manteca (Calif.) CEO president of medical affairs. Ikenna Mmeje is departing for a new job opportunity. BECKER’S 3 HOSPITAL REVIEW Coliseum Northside Hospital in Macon, Ga., Hancock, Mich.-based Upper Peninsula named Greg Caples CEO. Health System-Portage CEO Jeff Lang is leaving his position. The Memorial Hospital of Salem (N.J.) County selected Tammy Torres, MSN, DNP, Fort Walton Beach (Fla.) Medical Center RN, to serve as permanent CEO. appointed Dianne Ristom, MSN, RN, vice president of quality and risk management. LewisGale Hospital Pulaski (Va.) named Sean Pressman its permanent CEO. Todd Ostendorf, CFO of Minneapo- lis-based Children's Minnesota, resigned Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health July 28. named Jon Vanator CFO of its East Central Region, which includes IU Health Ball Memo- Lowville, N.Y.-based Lewis County General rial Hospital in Muncie, Ind., and IU Health Hospital appointed Gerald Cayer, MPH, as Blackford Hospital in Hartford City, Ind. CEO. Detroit Medical Center's Huron Valley-Sinai Osage Beach, Mo.-based Lake Regional Hospital in Commerce Charter Township, Health System appointed Dane Henry CEO Mich., tapped Karima Bentounsi to lead as effective September 18. CEO. New Canaan, Conn.-based Silver Hill Houston-based Cypress Fairbanks Medical Hospital appointed John Santopietro, MD, Center CEO Terry Wheeler retired, ending president and medical director. a 14-year tenure. Ron Lampert, CEO of Madison, Wis.-based Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Hold- Journey Mental Health, will resign after just ings selected Peter Adamo to serve as presi- over one year on the job. dent and CEO of Waterbury (Conn.) Hospital and the Greater Waterbury Health Network. Alexander Hatala retired as CEO of Cam- den, N.J.-based Lourdes Health System. Terry Collins, CFO of Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital retired August 1. Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System appointed Joan Coffman Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health president and CEO of its St. Mary's Hospital and HealthSouth in Birmingham, Ala., select- in Decatur, Ill., effective Sept. 5. ed Anita Prendergast to helm a joint inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Winston-Salem. Kalispell (Mont.) Regional Healthcare named Pamela Robertson CEO, effective Austin, Texas-based St. David's Round Rock Sept. 15. Medical Center named Jeremy Barclay CEO. Tim Hill, vice chancellor for regional cam- Michael Kerner, CEO of Bon Secours puses at the Little Rock, Ark.-based Universi- Hampton Roads (Va.) health system, is ty of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, will also stepping down. serve as COO of UAMS Health Systems. BECKER’S 4 HOSPITAL REVIEW Lesley Ogden, MD, CEO of Lincoln City, Mark Marcantano, president and COO of Ore.-based Samaritan North Lincoln Providence, R.I.-based Women and Infants Hospital, has also been named CEO of Hospital, resigned effective July 28. Newport, Ore.-based Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital. Gainesville, Ga.-based Northeast Georgia Health System named Brian D. Steines CFO. Carolyn Carpenter, MHA, has been named COO and vice president of Sentara Nor- Randall K. Gibb, MD, has been named per- folk (Virginia) General Hospital, effective manent CEO of Billings (Mont.) Clinic after September 11. serving on an interim basis since November. Providence St. Joseph Health, the organiza- Dothan, Ala.-based Flowers Hospital tion formed through the merger of Renton, named Thomas Roddy COO. Wash.-based Providence Health & Services and Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health, Carl Bergetz, JD, is the new chief legal named Venkat Bhamidipati executive vice officer for Chicago-based Rush and senior president and CFO. vice president for legal affairs and general counsel for Rush University Medical Center. Dan Friedrich, CEO of Bradenton, Fla.- based Blake Medical Center, will retire after South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta 15 years of service. appointed Bill Forbes as chief develop- ment officer. Dallas-based Parkland Health and Hospital System named Richard Humphrey exec- Dennis Laraway, executive vice president utive vice president and CFO, effective and CFO of Houston-based Memorial August 21. Hermann, will join Phoenix-based Banner Health as CFO on Sept. 29. Indianapolis-based Riley Children's Health appointed Paul R. Haut, MD, COO and Michael Rembis, FACHE, has been named Elaine Cox, MD, CMO. the new CEO of Wailuku, Hawaii-based Maui Health System effective August 21. Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services named Roger Larsen Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alas- CFO and senior vice president. ka, named Bradley Grigg chief behavioral health officer. Cleveland-based MetroHealth hired Cheryl Forino Wahl to be its first ever chief ethics Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in and compliance officer and senior vice Idaho Falls appointed Judd Taylor CFO. president. Trousdale Medical Center in Hartsville, Tenn., Brent James, MD, will resign as chief quality named Jennifer Holder, BSN, RN, CNO. officer of Salt Lake City, Utah-based Inter- mountain Healthcare, effective August 26. Saranac Lake, N.Y.-based Adirondack Health selected Joahd Touré, MD, to serve as CMO. BECKER’S 5 HOSPITAL REVIEW PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Mount Clemens, Mich.-based McLaren Longview, Wash., appointed Cherelle Mon- Macomb, a 288-bed acute care hospital, tanye chief administrative officer, effective selected Julia Libcke, DNP, RN, for CNO, Sept. 11. effective Aug. 7. NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Indianapolis-based Eskenazi Health promot- Irving Medical Center in New York City ap- ed Charles Miramonti, MD, to chief of care pointed Laureen Hill, MD, senior vice presi- integration and named Neil Johnson COO. dent and COO, effective in October. Brewer-based Eastern Maine Health System Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, named John Ronan president of Blue Hill Ind., selected Keith Miller to serve as COO. (Maine) Memorial Hospital and Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health tapped Alan D. Goldsmith as CFO and Gino Doctors Hospital of Sarasota (Fla.) selected R. Santorio as COO. Wyatt Chocklett as its new COO. Idaho Falls-based Eastern Idaho Regional Hackensack Meridian Health's Mountainside Medical Center tapped R. Lee Biggs, DO, to Medical Center in Montclair, N.J., named serve as CMO. Valerie Allusson, MD, CMO. St. Vincent Anderson (Ind.) Chief Nursing Hot Springs County Memorial Hospital in Officer Nancy Pitcock, BSN, MSN, retired. Thermopolis, Wyo., selected Sarah Aliff, BSN, PhD, to serve as chief nursing officer. Redwood City, Calif.-based Verity Health System appointed Richard Adcock COO. Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services named M. Osman Akhtar COO, tapped Lau- Cuyuna Regional Medical Center in Crosby, ra Reed, DNP, RN, to serve as chief nursing Minn., dropped the 'interim' from CFO Katie executive and selected Mark Welton, MD, as Berg. its new CMO. Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville, Ill., Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health named Marshall Hale, MD, CMO, effective appointed Joseph R. Pino COO of Saint Sept. 1. Thomas Midtown Hospital and Saint Thomas West Hospital, both in Nashville. Vero Beach, Fla.-based Indian River Medical Center COO Camie Patterson resigned to St. David's HealthCare in Austin, Texas, take on a new role at Manatee Memorial named Ken Mitchell, MD, senior vice presi- Hospital in Bradenton, Fla. dent and CMO. Lenoir, N.C.-based Caldwell UNC Health Care New Lenox, Ill.-based Silver Cross Hospital selected David Lowry, MD, to serve as CMO. named Vincent Pryor senior vice president and CFO, effective Sept.