Category: Hospital Executive Moves

Doug Ekeren, regional president and CEO of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, S.D., will retire in May after a 39-year healthcare career.

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare named Maureen Leffler, DO, chief well-being officer on Nov. 25.

Matt Hanley, MD, was selected as the next president and CEO of Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System.

Erika Bennett has been named vice president of marketing and brand experience at Valdosta, Ga.-based SGMC Health.

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health has named Brooke Davis CFO of its Abingdon, Va.-based Johnston Memorial Hospital, Marion, Va.-based Smyth County Community Hospital and Lebanon, Va.-based Russell County Hospital.

Arlington, Va.-based VHC Health has appointed David B. Peterson as its new senior vice president and chief information and digital officer, effective Jan. 6.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health has named Elena Barberis vice president of finance for both Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Trinity Health Holy Cross Health and Athens, Ga.-based St. Mary’s Health Care System. 

Ascension, a St. Louis-based system with 118 wholly owned or consolidated hospitals nationwide, is undergoing a transition in managed care leadership.

Shaun Ng will leave his position as managing director of risk, analytics and operations at Cleveland Clinic’s Investment Office in mid-December, according to a Dec. 4 news release shared with Becker’s.

Robert Dahl has been named CEO of Broward Health Imperial Point in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., effective Dec. 2.