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In Memoriam
By Modern Healthcare | March 02, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Dr. C. Everett Koop, who raised the profile of the surgeon general by riveting America's attention on the then-emerging disease known as AIDS and by railing against smoking, died in New Hampshire at age 96. The cause wasn't disclosed.
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Roger Baker resigning from Veteran Affairs, and other news
By Modern Healthcare | March 02, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Roger Baker, who steered the Veteran Affairs Department's healthcare information technology development program toward an open-source model, is resigning. Since 2009, Baker has been an assistant secretary in the department with duties comparable to those of a chief information officer for...
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RegionalCare names Kent Wallace president of Vanguard Health, and other news
By Modern Healthcare | February 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
RegionalCare Hospital Partners, Brentwood, Tenn., named Kent Wallace, president and COO of Vanguard Health Systems, Nashville, its new CEO, effective March 1. Wallace will replace RegionalCare founder Martin Rash, who was promoted to executive chairman. Wallace will serve on the board...
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UMass Memorial names Dickson new president and CEO, and other news
By Modern Healthcare | February 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Dr. Eric Dickson was named to replace John O'Brien as president and CEO of UMass Memorial Health Care, effective Feb. 25. Dickson, 46, is president of 1,060-physician UMass Memorial Medical Group and senior associate dean at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. O'Brien, 62,...
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Dr. Lynda Ann Smirz named chief medical officer of Universal Health's acute-care division, and other news
By Modern Healthcare | January 26, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Universal Health Services, King of Prussia, Pa., named Dr. Lynda Ann Smirz to the newly created role of VP and chief medical officer of its acute-care division. Smirz, who joined UHS in January, previously was VP of surgical services and CMO for Indiana University Health North Hospital,...
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CEO and founding president of California HealthCare Foundation to step down, and other moves
By Modern Healthcare | January 19, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Dr. Mark Smith, founding president and CEO of the California HealthCare Foundation, will step down at the end of the year. Smith, 61, will continue as a clinical faculty member at the University of California at San Francisco and practicing at San Francisco General Hospital's Positive Health...
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Earl Rogers promoted to president of Georgia Hospital Association, and other moves
By Modern Healthcare | January 12, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The Georgia Hospital Association promoted Earl Rogers to president and CEO to replace longtime leader Joseph Parker. Parker, who has served as the GHA's president and CEO since 1986, announced his retirement last July. Rogers, 59, will step into the role July 1. He currently serves as...
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Longtime president of Chicago's Mercy Hospital, Sister Sheila Lyne, to retire, and other moves
By Modern Healthcare | December 15, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The American Society of Anesthesiologists appointed Paul Pomerantz, currently the worldwide executive director of the Drug Information Association, as CEO, effective March 4. Pomerantz, 60, succeeds Barbara Fossum, who has served as the Park Ridge, Ill.-based ASA's interim CEO since...
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Brennan to stay at Newark Beth Israel, disappointing Cleveland MetroHealth officials, and other news
By Modern Healthcare | December 08, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Dr. John Brennan will remain president and CEO of Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center and the Children's Hospital of New Jersey rather than take the helm of Cleveland's MetroHealth System, Modern Healthcare sister publication Crain's Cleveland Business reported. MetroHealth officials...
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Detroit Medical Center CEO steps down to prepare for mayoral run, and other news
By Modern Healthcare | November 17, 2012 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Mike Duggan, CEO of Detroit Medical Center, announced that he will step down from the for-profit health system to pave the way for a possible run for mayor of Detroit, Modern Healthcare sister publication Crain's Detroit Business reported. Joe Mullany, currently DMC president, will...
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