Slavin
Adams
Tahir
Morgan
Selhorst
Manson
Methven
Quinn
Donovan
Parisi
Sanders
Campbell
PRESIDENTS AND CEOS
Kevin J. Slavin is retiring at the end of this year as president and chief executive of St. Joseph's Health of Paterson, New Jersey. The St. Joseph's Health Board of Trustees has convened a search committee to oversee a national search for his successor.
Ascension has made these changes: Tim Adams to regional operating officer and senior vice president for Ascension, overseeing facilities in 10 states. He was president and chief executive of the Ascension Saint Thomas subsystem in Nashville, Tennessee. Fahad Tahir will succeed Adams as Saint Thomas president and chief executive. Tahir was chief strategy officer of Ascension and president and chief executive of Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown and West campuses in greater Nashville.
Bon Secours Mercy Health has made these changes: Brian Gwyn to president of Mercy Health's Cincinnati market, effective Feb. 6. He was Atrium Health senior vice president and west market president. Gwyn succeeds Dave Fikse, who retired last year. Andrew Morgan to president of Mercy Health — Tiffin Hospital and Mercy Health — Willard Hospital in Ohio. He had been interim president since July. Sonya Selhorst to president of Mercy Health — Defiance Hospital in Defiance, Ohio. She had been interim president since July.
Stephanie Manson to Our Lady of Lourdes Health market president, from chief operating officer of Our Lady of the Lake Health. Our Lady of Lourdes is based in Lafayette, Louisiana, and Our Lady of the Lake Health is based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Both are part of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System.
Jeffrey Methven to president and chief executive of St. Mary's Healthcare in Amsterdam, New York. He was executive vice president of Saratoga Hospital/Albany Med Health System in New York. Methven succeeds Scott Bruce, who is retiring.
Dr. Timothy Quinn to president and chief executive of Mercy Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He was executive vice president and chief of clinical operations. He replaces Timothy Charles, who retired Dec. 31.
Kelly Morgan plans to retire this summer as president and chief executive of CHI Mercy Health in Roseburg, Oregon. CHI Mercy parent company CommonSpirit Health is conducting a national search for his successor.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
Kathy Donovan to chief operating officer of Hospital Sisters Health System of Springfield, Illinois.
Ken James to market chief operating officer of Mercy Health — Cincinnati, part of Bon Secours Mercy Health.
Matthew Brandt to chief financial officer of Saint Francis Healthcare System in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Tamera Larsen-Engelkes to chief nursing officer at Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
St. Mary's Healthcare in Amsterdam, New York, has made these changes: Raquel "Rocky" Parisi to vice president of nursing and chief nursing officer. Patricia "Trish" Sanders to vice president of operations and chief operating officer.
Melanie Campbell to vice president of institutional advancement, philanthropy and community engagement for Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa. The college is part of Trinity Health.
GRANTS
Among the recipients of federal funds from the omnibus bill President Joe Biden signed Dec. 29 are three ministry members:
Holy Name of Teaneck, New Jersey, has received a $3.3 million federal appropriation to launch a graduate medical education program. Holy Name plans to use the funding to train 90 doctors per year in clinical specialties including internal medicine, psychiatry, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics, nephrology, and palliative care. The money will fund the purchase of equipment for the residency program and pay for some facility renovations. The residency program will launch in 2025.
Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, California, has received
$1 million in federal funding in support of an obstetrics and gynecology residency program clinic Marian is opening this spring. The money will help cover the costs associated with medical equipment and construction fees for the clinic. The clinic will provide prenatal and postpartum care, birthing education, lactation support, counseling programs, women's preventive care, and management for acute and chronic gynecologic conditions. The clinic will primarily serve low-income women. It will have full-time Spanish and Mixteco translators. Marian is part of CommonSpirit Health.
St. Joseph Healthcare of Bangor, Maine, was awarded $708,000. The facility will use the funds to upgrade mammogram equipment.
CONSTRUCTION
Trinity Health Michigan plans to build a replacement hospital at its campus in Brighton. Inpatient and outpatient services will be relocated from the aging Trinity Health Livingston hospital in Howell to Trinity Health Medical Center – Brighton. Construction begins later this year on the four-story, 174,000-square-foot hospital. It will have 56 acuity-adaptable beds, 18 short stay unit beds, and eight operating rooms. The existing Brighton facility also will be renovated. The three-year construction project will cost about $238.2 million.