Category: Hospital Executive Moves

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center named David Posch senior vice president for business consulting. 

Drew Dostal, president and regional market leader for Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Corewell Health, has had his oversight doubled to six hospitals. 

Aiken (S.C.) Regional Medical Center has tapped Cathy Sumner, MSN, RN to lead the system as its chief nursing officer, according to a Jan. 5 announcement.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, which merged with Atrium Health in May 2023, has named Janice Walker, DHA, RN, as the chief nursing officer for its Southeast Region, according to a Jan. 5 announcement.

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, a 46-hospital system, has created a new C-suite role and made several key changes to its executive leadership team to kick off 2024.  

Glen Oaks Hospital, a behavioral health hospital in Greenville, Texas, has named Harry Lemming its next CEO. 

C.J. Stimson, MD, senior vice president of value transformation at Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s office of population health, has been appointed executive vice president for population health, effective Jan. 1.

Advocate Health Care has named Allison “Allie” Wyler president of the Central Chicagoland area and Park Ridge, Ill.-based Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. 

Penn State Health has named Don McKenna permanent president of Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa. 

Melissa Emerson, BSN, RN, is the new chief operating officer at Boynton Beach, Fla.-based Bethesda Hospital.