Category: Hospital Executive Moves

Bronson Battle Creek (Mich.) Hospital has named Ali Ghasham, MD, vice president and chief medical officer. 

Keene, N.H.-based Cheshire Medical Center CFO Dan Gross has retired, according to a May 3 post on his LinkedIn page. 

Ascension and Renown Health were among the hospitals and health systems that named new CFOs in April. 

Boston-based Brigham and Women’s Hospital has appointed Julia Mason, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer and senior vice president of patient care services, effective June 11. 

The board for John C. Fremont Healthcare District in Mariposa, Calif., has dismissed the CEO after less than five months on the job, the Mariposa Gazette reported May 2.

Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine has named Beth Carlson vice president of revenue cycle. 

VCU Health Tappahannock (Va.) Hospital has named L’Andrea McLaughlin, RN, DNP, chief nursing officer. She had been serving as CNO in an interim capacity since January. 

Beth Hicks, RN, BSN, has been named chief nursing officer of McLeod Health Carolina Forest in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Porterville, Calif.-based Sierra View Medical Center has named Craig McDonald its next vice president and CFO, Valley Voice reported May 2. 

Melissa Pelkey, RN, was selected as the new CEO of Lincoln, Maine-based Penobscot Valley Hospital.