Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health has promoted Cherise Giddens, BSN, RN, from her current role as vice president of clinical nursing to vice president and chief nursing officer.
Category: Hospital Executive Moves
Georgia system names leaders for physician recruitment, staff services
Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health, a four-hospital system, has appointed Jessica Busque as director of medical staff services and Julie Blodgett as director of physician recruitment.
Missouri hospital welcomes new CFO
Matt Untch has been named CFO of Excelsior Springs, Mo.-based Excelsior Springs Hospital, the Excelsior Springs Standard reported Dec. 12.
WVU Medicine promotes 7 execs
WVU Medicine, based in Morgantown, W.V., has promoted seven executives across its enterprise.
UF Health system names COO
Lydia Hendrix is the new chief operating officer of UF Health St. John’s in St. Augustine, Fla.
Texas Children's names 3 division chiefs
Houston-based Texas Children’s has tapped three new division chiefs in the department of pediatrics.
New Mexico hospital names COO
Farmington. N.M.-based San Juan Regional Medical Center has named Ruth Brooks chief operating officer.
Orlando Health hospital taps COO
Orlando (Fla.) Health Dr. P. Phillips Hospital appointed Jessica Glover assistant vice president and COO, effective Dec. 1.
Another Eleanor Slater chief medical officer resigns
Katharine Woods, DO, has resigned as chief medical officer of Eleanor Slater Hospital, a public facility in Cranston, R.I., less than a year after her appointment, The Providence Journal reported Dec. 15.
Texas health system CEO to retire after 19 years
George B. Hernández, Jr., will retire as president and CEO of University Health after more than 41 years with the San Antonio, Texas-based system, and 19 years at its helm.
