Category: Hospital Executive Moves

HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill., has promoted Ashish Tokhi, MD, from interim to permanent chief physician executive. 

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has hired Rosemary Sheehan to serve as its inaugural chief people officer, the health system announced in a Feb. 5 post on LinkedIn. 

Gray, Tenn.-based Frontier Health has tapped Allen Harris as its new CFO.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health has named Bill Ziesmer its new CFO of its Western Division.

The following hospital and health system CEOs have retired or announced plans to retire in 2024.

Paula Baker is leaving from the helm of Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System.

Arlene Vernon, MD, is now the chief of staff for Dignity Health’s St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach (Calif.). 

Elham Yousef, MD, the former vice president of medical affairs and associate chief medical officer at Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, has been named chief medical officer for Hackensack Meridian Health’s Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, N.J.

Moffitt Cancer Center has named Karen Lu, MD, to the executive vice president and chief physician role. 

Williamson (W.Va.) Memorial Hospital has named Timothy Hatfield CEO, the Appalachian News-Express reported Feb. 5.