Category: Hospital Executive Moves

California hospital taps CEO after string of interim leaders

John C. Fremont Healthcare District in Mariposa, Calif., has selected a CEO after a turbulent year in the C-suite. 

Tenet hospital names COO, CFO

Fountain Valley (Calif.) Regional Hospital has appointed two executives to its leadership team.

Tennessee HCA hospital taps CFO

Smyrna, Tenn.-based TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center has named Steve Gray CFO, according to a hospital news release posted Dec. 18 by WGNS News.

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare names new CIO

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has named Tina Haskins Smith as its new senior vice president and chief information officer.

CAOs: A growing C-suite fixture

The role of the chief administrative officer has increasingly made its way into hospital and health system C-suites, and it can look different depending on how the position aligns with the organization’s structure. 

Florida system taps former HCA exec for C-suite role

Richard James was appointed Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Nova Southeastern University’s chief strategy and operations officer for NSU Health.

Texas system taps CEO

Austin, Texas-based Central Health has named Patrick Lee, MD, its next president and CEO. 

Highmark Health exec resigns

Cynthia Hundorfean — the chief living health development officer at Highmark Health and former president of its subsidiary health system Allegheny Health Network — will exit the Pittsburgh-based organization at the end of 2023. 

Essentia names chief medical officer

Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health has appointed Gratia Pitcher, MD, as chief medical officer after serving in an interim capacity since October. 

Mississippi hospital names COO

Dave Estorge is the permanent COO of St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Miss., part of Baton Rouge, La.-based Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System.