Keeping Up - August Edition

August 2024

Goar

Wexler

Wozniak

Laign

Drake

Markham

DeLeon

Baker

Mohr

Koch

Hutchison

Revas

Tinker

 

PRESIDENTS/CEOS
Michael J. Goar to president and CEO of Cleveland-based Sisters of Charity Health System, from president and CEO of Catholic Charities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. He succeeds Jan Murphy, who has retired.

 

Erik Wexler to president and CEO of Providence St. Joseph Health, from chief operating officer, effective Jan. 1. He will succeed Dr. Rod Hochman, who is retiring after 45 years in health care, including 17 with Providence or Providence-affiliated organizations.

 

Gregory T. Wozniak to president and CEO of Redeemer Health in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania. He was founder and CEO of consultancy Denali Health and a former president and CEO of St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Wozniak succeeds Michael B. Laign, who is retiring. Laign will continue to serve in an advisory role during a transition period.

 

Organizations within Trinity Health have made these changes:

  • Daniel Drake to CEO of Trinity Health's three national continuing care organizations: Trinity Health Senior Communities, Trinity Health At Home and Trinity Health Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly. He was president and CEO of Trinity Health PACE.
  • David McFadyen to president and CEO of Trinity Health, West Region. In this role, he has oversight of five hospitals and medical groups across Idaho, Oregon and California. He succeeds Odette C. Bolano, who has retired. McFadyen most recently was president of Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center of Boise, Idaho.

 

Chad Markham to Hospital Sisters Health System Central Illinois Market chief operating officer. The Central Illinois Market includes St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Good Shepherd Hospital in Shelbyville, St. John's Hospital in Springfield, St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur and St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield. Markham most recently was president and CEO of HSHS St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital and HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital.

 

Joseph DeLeon to president and CEO of Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, South Carolina, from president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth in Texas. Roper St. Francis Interim CEO Dr. Megan Baker will become the system's chief operating officer. Baker will work in a dyad role with Dr. Chris McLain, chief clinical officer.

 

Facilities within CommonSpirit Health have made these changes: Dennis Bierle to president of CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center — Bergan Mercy in Omaha, Nebraska. He was vice president of ambulatory services and primary care of Children's Hospital in Omaha. He succeeds Interim President Julie Goebel. Debra Mohesky to Longmont United Hospital CEO. She was interim CEO of the Longmont, Colorado, hospital.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES

Dave Belde to chief mission officer of Avera Health of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

 

Catholic Health of Buffalo, New York, has made these changes: Catherine R. "Kate" Mohr to chief nursing officer. This is the first time the health system has had an executive-level CNO. Dr. Eric Koch to vice president of medical affairs at Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, New York, and its Lockport Memorial Hospital Campus in Lockport, New York. He remains vice president of medical affairs at Kenmore Mercy Hospital, a physician adviser for Catholic Health, and co-founder and managing partner of Buffalo-Niagara Hospitalists.

 

Ryan Cross to vice president of government affairs and advocacy for Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This is a new role at the health system.

 

Ohio facilities within Bon Secours Mercy Health have made these changes: Clay Brunow to chief nursing officer for Mercy Health — Tiffin Hospital and Mercy Health — Willard Hospital. Nicole "Nikki" Hutchison to chief financial officer of Mercy Health's Lima market. Kristen L. McSorley to vice president of nursing for Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center in Suffolk, Virginia, which is slated to open in 2025.

 

Gary W. Revas to vice president of operations for SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital — Shawnee in Oklahoma.

 

GRANTS

CHRISTUS Children's in San Antoniohas received donations to fund its new minimally invasive surgery suites and technology in the suites. Philanthropist Harvey E. Najim provided CHRISTUS Children's with a $5 million gift to fund the Harvey E. Najim Pediatric Surgical Unit. And the SWBC Foundation donated $2.75 million for the da Vinci Xi surgical system that will be used in the new unit.

 

Holy Cross Health of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, which is part of Trinity Health, received a $5 million gift from the Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Foundation to renovate seven operating rooms and related facilities. The updated facility is newly named the Harry T. Mangurian Jr. Foundation Surgical Suites.

 

The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation has pledged to gift $1.5 million to PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Riverbend in Springfield, Oregon, and PeaceHealth Peace Harbor Medical Center in Florence, Oregon. The funds will help address a critical nursing shortage in Western Oregon. The PeaceHealth facilities will use the gift to establish The Coeta and Donald Barker Foundation Nurse Residency Endowment. That endowment will support the growth and development of new nurses at PeaceHealth Oregon hospitals. The late Donald Barker was a leader in the Oregon timber industry, according to an obituary.

 

OBITUARY
A. James "Jim" Tinker, who was president and CEO of Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids Iowa, from 1982 to 2006, died on April 21.

 

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