Category: Hospital Executive Moves

Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC has appointed Mika Taylor chief of financial planning and analysis for the health system. 

E.J. Kuiper, CEO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s Midwest division, is leaving his post to helm Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System in Baton Rouge, La.

Kerin Da Cruz, MSN, RN, has been named senior vice president and chief nursing officer of UF Health Jacksonville (Fla.).

Denene Prophet-Williams, BSN, has been selected to serve as the next vice president and chief nursing officer at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. 

Mountain Laurel Medical Center in Oakland, Md., named Michelle Dixon, MSN, RN, as its new chief nursing officer, as of Feb. 12, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.

Reston (Va.) Hospital Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, named Alice Tang, DO, its new chief medical officer, on Feb. 1.

Summit, N.J.-based Overlook Medical Center, part of the Atlantic Health System, has named Brian Radbill, MD, as its new chief medical officer, NJBiz reported Feb. 22.

This week was full of CEO moves — step-downs, removals, reshuffles and retirements. 

Health systems’ leadership benches have expanded in the last year, as new executive titles make their way to C-suites in response to changing industry dynamics and emerging challenges.

Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., has named Colleen Thielk, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer.