Havasu Regional Medical Center, Lake Havasu City, Ariz., has named F. Dana Ellerbe CEO.
Ellerbe, 58, has served since October as interim CEO of the facility, which is part of publicly traded LifePoint Hospitals, Brentwood, Tenn. He replaces Sandra Podley, who is now administrator at Presbyterian Hospital, Albuquerque, N.M.
Ellerbe was previously VP of ancillary services for Marin General Hospital, Greenbrae, Calif. Before that, he served as assistant administrator for Sutter Health, Sacramento, Calif., and VP and COO at MacNeal Health Network, Chicago, which is part of Vanguard Health Systems.