Category: Hospital Executive Moves

Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services has named Marty Cahill, CEO of Samaritan Lebanon (Ore.) Community Hospital, to the newly created position of chief operating officer-hospitals. 

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist said several leadership transitions are in the works at some of its community hospitals as it is developing a new, streamlined leadership model across the facilities. 

Walgreens’ chief human resources officer, Holly May, has stepped down, the company confirmed to Becker’s Nov. 17. 

The University of Oklahoma in Norman has named Ian Dunn, MD, executive dean of its medical school and inaugural chief academic officer of OU Health. 

St. Louis-based Ascension has named presidents for three of its 17 hospitals in Wisconsin.

Diana McDaniel has left her role as vice president of operations for Springdale-based Arkansas Children’s Northwest to launch a healthcare consulting company, the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal reported Nov. 16. 

Cathy Garzio was named executive vice provost and COO of New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine.

Richmond, Va.-based VCU Health has hired a new chief medical information officer.

Brett Kirkham has been promoted from interim to permanent CEO of Mid Coast Health System and El Campo Memorial Hospital, based in El Campo, Texas. 

Alejandro Romero is the new chief operating officer at El Paso, Texas-based Del Sol Medical Center.