Category: Leadership & Management

Samuel Nazzaro, former CEO of Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital, died Oct. 20 at age 95, according to his obituary published in The Intelligencer.

Several health policy leaders and health professionals will depart Congress after this term, and multiple individuals in the industry have a chance at winning House seats, Politico reported on Oct. 23.

Among the leaders of the 30 largest children’s hospitals in the U.S., most assumed the role in the last five years.

Of the 164 health systems featured in the WebMD 2024 to 2025 Choice Awards, 24 were preferred 2-to-1 over competitors.

At just 33 years old, Christopher Douglas, EdD, started his CEO career at Houston-based River Oaks Hospital and Clinics in 2019, where he helped grow the hospital’s inpatient beds from 12 to 56 and added 11 intensive care unit beds in a two year span.

The CFO-to-CEO trend is growing in popularity, partially because of the current economic environment, Fortune reported Oct. 16.

Among the CEOs at the 20 largest for-profit hospitals, most assumed the role less than two years ago.

Culture and creating value is a top priority for Houston-based Memorial Hermann CEO David Callender, MD.

The path from data overload to useful information and from there to true insight can take a number of turns. Moreover, it can be easy to get lost among the seemingly endless branches of information available today.

Gender parity in workplaces remains a key issue, with progress made over the past 10 years but more work lies ahead.