O'Neil
Cleckner
Hilton
Carter
Eldred
Burch
Kuroki
Pollnow
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
St. Louis' Ascension and its facilities have made these changes: Dr. Kevin O'Neil to chief medical officer of St. Louis' Ascension Senior Living. Scott Smith to president of the St. John Providence Foundations, Warren, Mich. Bob Murphy to president of the Sacred Heart/Providence Medical Group of Pensacola, Fla. Paul E. Cleckner to chief operating officer of Saint Thomas Health, Nashville, Tenn. And, at Seton Healthcare Family of Austin, Texas: Robert "Scott" Herndon to chief financial officer, Dr. David Martin to chief medical officer and Yvonne VanDyke to chief nursing officer.
Mercy Health of Cincinnati has made these changes: Chris Hilton to senior vice president of operations finance, Tonya Carter to vice president of human resources for the Cincinnati region and Jim Eldred to vice president of health economics.
Michael Dwyer to executive vice president of strategy and community health — a new position — at PeaceHealth of Vancouver, Wash.
Shannon Cofield to president of the Mercy Medical Center Foundation of Des Moines, Iowa.
Andrea Burch to vice president and chief nursing officer for Lutheran Medical Center, Wheat Ridge, Colo.
Dr. Helen Kuroki to senior vice president and chief medical officer of CHI Memorial of Chattanooga, Tenn.
Dr. Dean Pollnow to chief medical officer for Holy Family Memorial, Manitowoc, Wis.
Mercy Medical Center and the Sisters of Providence Health System, both of Springfield, Mass., have made these changes: Lisa Casasanta to vice president of population health of both organizations and Doreen Fadus to vice president of mission integration and community health and well-being for both organizations.
HONOR
Dr. David O. Barbe is president-elect of the American Medical Association. He will assume the office of president in June. Barbe is vice president of regional operations for Mercy of Chesterfield, Mo.
NAME CHANGE
Trinity Senior Living Communities of Livonia, Mich., has changed its name to Trinity Health Senior Communities.