January 05, 2009 A family physician who formerly served as Milwaukee health commissioner has been named to lead the Wisconsin public-health division and to serve as state health officer. ... FULL STORY
December 31, 2008 Ronald Levy, former president and chief executive officer of SSM Health Care’s St. Louis operations, was named to head up the Missouri Social Services Department. ... FULL STORY
December 30, 2008 Patrick McMahon was named senior vice president and chief financial officer of Sisters of Charity Health System, Cleveland, effective Feb. 2, 2009. ... FULL STORY
December 29, 2008 James Davis will become executive vice president and chief operating officer of 510-bed University Health Care System in Augusta, Ga. ... FULL STORY
December 23, 2008 LifeCare Hospitals, Plano, Texas, said it has hired Greg Floyd as senior vice president of regional hospital operations, effective next month. LifeCare operates 20 long-term acute-care hospitals in 10 states. ... FULL STORY
December 22, 2008 Lovelace Medical Center, Albuquerque, announced David Nevill as chief executive officer. Nevill succeeds Clay Holderman, who resigned from Lovelace in June and accepted a position as administrator of Presbyterian Rio Rancho Medical Center in July. ... FULL STORY
December 19, 2008 Sutter Health, a 22-hospital system based in Sacramento, Calif., has named Florence Di Benedetto senior vice president and general counsel. ... FULL STORY
December 18, 2008 West Penn Allegheny Health System, Pittsburgh, named Ned Laubacher to be the next president and chief executive officer of Alle-Kiski Medical Center, Natrona Heights, Pa. ... FULL STORY
December 17, 2008 Christopher Ohman is joining Kaiser Permanente as senior vice president for health plan operations for Kaiser health plans outside California. ... FULL STORY
December 16, 2008 Texas Gov. Rick Perry has named Irvin Zeitler Jr. to be president of the Texas Medical Board. Zeitler, 61, succeeds Roberta Kalafut, who resigned from the position at the end of a board meeting on Dec 12. ... FULL STORY
December 12, 2008 Group purchasing organization Novation, Irving, Texas, has appointed Jody Hatcher president and chief executive officer, effective immediately. ... FULL STORY
December 11, 2008 Medical Mutual of Ohio has made interim appointments to fill the void created when Kent Clapp, the insurer’s chairman, president and chief executive officer, died in a small-plane crash in Puerto Rico Dec. 3. ... FULL STORY
December 10, 2008 The troubled West Penn Allegheny Health System named David Kiehn as chief financial officer to replace David Samuel, who retired in March. ... FULL STORY
December 08, 2008 Northstar Neuroscience, a Seattle-based medical-device company that develops therapies for depressive disorders, has appointed Brian Dow, 39, chief financial officer and vice president of finance effective Jan. 1. ... FULL STORY
