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PRESIDENTS/CEOS

California facilities that are part of CommonSpirit Health's Dignity Health have made these changes:

• Sue Andersen to president and CEO of French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, from interim president and CEO. She also will continue in her role as president and CEO of Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria and Arroyo Grande Community Hospital. Andersen replaces Patrick Caster, who has been named president and CEO of Dignity Health St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard and St. John's Hospital Camarillo.
• Betsy Hart to president and CEO of Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center, from chief operating officer of Northridge Hospital Medical Center.
• Jeremy Zoch to president and CEO of Northridge Hospital Medical Center, from CEO of Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange.

Marlow Levy to president of Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania, and Saint Francis Hospital of Wilmington, Delaware. He was vice president of operations and system leader for laboratory, environmental health, and protective services for Baptist Health System in Jacksonville, Florida. Mercy Fitzgerald and Saint Francis are part of Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic.

Guy A. Medaglia plans to retire as president and CEO of Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago, effective Jan. 10. He plans to retain his role as president and CEO of Chicago Southwest Development Corp., an organization focused on bettering underserved neighborhoods in Chicago.

Drew Talbott has retired as president of Via Christi Hospital, capping off a 30-year career at the Pittsburg, Kansas, hospital. The hospital, which has been part of Ascension, is to be acquired by Mercy health system Sept. 1.

Dr. Chris Acker to Nebraska/Iowa market chief medical officer of CommonSpirit Health's central region. He also will continue as chief medical officer of CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs in Iowa.

Stacey Johnson to chief operating officer of Trinity Health Senior Communities of Livonia, Michigan.

Dr. Taimur Mirza to chief medical officer of ArchCare, the Archdiocese of New York's health care system.

Dr. Catherine O'Neal to chief academic officer for Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. That is a new role at the system.

Facilities within Bon Secours Mercy Health have made these changes:

• Gabe Bahala to chief financial officer at Fairfield Hospital in Cincinnati.
• Shiley Harper to chief financial officer for Mercy Health — West Hospital in Cincinnati.
• Zach Lambert, who is chief financial officer of Mercy Health — Anderson Hospital in Cincinnati, now is also chief financial officer of Clermont hospital in Batavia, Ohio.
• Victor Sprague to chief financial officer of The Jewish Hospital — Mercy Health in Cincinnati and of Mercy Health — Kings Mills Hospital in Mason, Ohio.
• Kristen L. McSorley to vice president of nursing for Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center, which is slated to open in Suffolk, Virginia, next year.

Dr. Jason Chung to vice president, medical affairs and chief medical officer for SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital — Midwest and SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital — Shawnee, both in Oklahoma.

Facilities within Hospital Sisters Health System have made these changes: Timothy Layman to chief administrative officer of HSHS St. Mary's Hospital of Decatur, Illinois. Allison Paul to chief nursing officer of the HSHS Central Illinois market.

Thomas Bushlack to senior director of the Center for Theology and Ethics in Catholic Health. CHA launched the center last year.

Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, part of Trinity Health, has received a $1 million donation from philanthropist and financier Donald Sussman. Holy Cross will use the funds to modernize the building that will become the new Holy Cross Family Health Center. With Sussman's gift, the family health center will be equipped with new technology and equipment. That center will provide outpatient care to underserved people. Sussman is the founder and chief investment officer of Paloma Partners.

Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City has used a $500,000 gift from Oklahoma City-based Braum's ice cream and dairy company to create an infant milk room. In the room, staff who are certified milk technicians will safely store breast milk and formula for infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit. The technicians also will ensure the milk or formula is properly prepared for the babies' use. Also at the milk room, parents can check in breast milk to be labeled and stored for their own newborn's use. The space is expected to serve nearly 600 babies annually.