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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Two longtime executives at Nashville-based HCA will retire March 31: W. Paul Rutledge, 57, president of HCA's Central Group, and Russell Harms, 54, the Central Group's CFO. HCA's Central Group includes more than 50 hospitals in the U.S. and the U.K. Rutledge joined HCA in 1982 as COO...
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Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla., created a chief nursing executive position and promoted Pamela Rudisill to serve in the role. Rudisill has worked at the publicly traded hospital chain since 1996, most recently as VP of nursing and patient safety for the past four years. She will...
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Press Ganey named Eileen Kamerick to succeed Rob Draughon as CFO, effective immediately. Kamerick joined Press Ganey from Houlihan Lokey, an investment bank, where she was managing director and CFO. Before that, she was CFO at Tecta America Corp., Heidrick & Struggles, Leo Burnett and...
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