Category: Hospital Executive Moves

Overland Park, Kan.-based HCA Midwest Health, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, has named Jeff Ardemagni CFO.

Dennis Knox has been named CEO of Las Cruces, N.M.-based Memorial Medical Center after serving as interim CEO since August.

Longitude Health, a recently formed innovation consortium of four major health systems, has named Brett Moraski interim CEO following the death of founding CEO Paul Mango. 

Leanne Yanni, MD, has been appointed president and CEO of Illinois physician enterprise for Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System, effective March 17.

UF Health has named Michael Holmes senior vice president and regional president of its Gainesville market, effective March 17. 

Sharyl Smith has been named executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health.

Taylor Eighmy, PhD, president of The University of Texas at San Antonio, has been appointed acting president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio as the two organizations prepare for their anticipated merger.

Las Vegas-based Valley Health System has named Kathy Shupe assistant CFO, according to a Jan. 23 post on her LinkedIn page. 

Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has named Emily Shields chief strategy officer, effective Feb. 2. 

Jason Mitchell, MD, is set to join Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger as executive vice president and chief medical officer March 24.