Category: Hospital Executive Moves

Sutter Health has hired Kiran Gupta, MD, to serve as its inaugural associate chief quality officer. 

Mary Deynoodt, CEO of Ochsner Medical Center – West Bank in Gretna, La., will exit to take the helm at a different facility.

St. Catherine of Siena Hospital, part of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health, has appointed a new chief medical officer and chief nursing officer. 

Jared Smith was appointed CEO of UT Health Henderson and UT Health Carthage, both part of the UT Health East Texas system, according to a Sept. 27 news release shared with Becker’s. 

John Moynihan, MD, was named president and chief of clinical enterprise at Falls Church, Va.-based Inova.

Jason Stenta has been tapped as senior vice president and chief commercial officer of Walgreens, effective in early October.

Theresa Fink has been named market vice president and COO of Conemaugh Physician Group after serving in the role on an interim basis since May.

Mark Hoskinson, MD, resigned as trustee of the board that oversees Gillette, Wyo.-based Campbell County Health to focus on a clinic he owns.

Ben Ridder has been hired as CEO of Northwest Medical Center in Tucson, Ariz., according to an Oct. 3 LinkedIn post from Northwest Healthcare.

Suman Sinha, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Christus Health Shreveport-Bossier Health System in Louisiana.