By Melanie Evans November 06, 2009 Brazosport Regional Health System, Lake Jackson, Texas, named Chuck Jeffress to succeed Daniel Smith as chief financial officer. Michael Barger, an interim executive with Quorum Health Resources, was appointed the 148-bed hospital’s interim executive after Smith stepped down in May, a Brazosport spokesman said. ... FULL STORY
By Vince Galloro November 05, 2009 DaVita said that it has hired Kim Rivera to be its new general counsel. Rivera, 40, also will hold the titles of vice president and secretary for the dialysis provider, which is in the process of moving its headquarters from El Segundo, Calif., to Denver. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson November 04, 2009 Publicly traded TeamStaff, Somerset, N.J., announced plans to bring on a new CEO and refocus on its government healthcare-staffing business next January. The announcement came weeks after company officials announced that its low stock price was forcing them to change capital markets. ... FULL STORY
By Rebecca Vesely November 03, 2009 The new chief financial officer of Oregon Health & Science University has resigned after just two weeks on the job, citing personal reasons. Larry Revill came to OHSU, in Portland, from University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where he had worked since 1991. He started on Oct. 15. ... FULL STORY
By Rebecca Vesely November 02, 2009 UnitedHealth Group has named Christopher Walsh and Mitchell Zamoff to the joint position of executive vice president and general counsel, effective immediately. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson October 30, 2009 Longtime Florida state health official Thomas Arnold has been appointed secretary of the state's Agency for Health Care Administration after the former secretary, Holly Benson, resigned in order to run for Florida attorney general. ... FULL STORY
By Melanie Evans October 29, 2009 Cain Bros. & Co., a healthcare investment bank based in New York, named Robert Fraiman Jr. to succeed James Cain as CEO and president, effective Jan. 1, 2010. ... FULL STORY
By Vince Galloro October 28, 2009 The board of 35-bed St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, N.C., has chosen Ken Shull as the hospital's new president and CEO. Shull, 62, will start by the end of the year. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson October 27, 2009 The two-hospital Central Florida Health Alliance has named Kathy Perfumo vice president and chief nursing officer of Leesburg (Fla.) Regional Medical Center. ... FULL STORY
By Jean DerGurahian October 26, 2009 Tom McDougal Jr. has been named CEO of Medical West hospital, Bessemer, Ala., effective Jan. 4, 2010. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson October 23, 2009 Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, has named federal research administrator Elizabeth Nabel to become its next president effective Jan. 1, following the promotion of the hospital’s current top executive. ... FULL STORY
By Andis Robeznieks October 22, 2009 Christopher Cornue announced his resignation this week as CEO of McKee Medical Center, a 132-bed facility in Loveland, Colo, which is part of the 21-hospital Banner Health System. ... FULL STORY
By Gregg Blesch October 21, 2009 Jeffrey Norman was named president and chief executive officer of St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Md. Norman, 57, begins the job Nov. 9 and comes to the 332-bed Catholic Health Initiatives hospital from three-hospital Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare, where he was executive vice president and chief operating officer. ... FULL STORY
By Jessica Zigmond October 20, 2009 Thomas Kennedy, former administrator at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater, Texas, died Oct. 16. Kennedy, 68, had served in the position from 1989 until he retired in May of this year. ... FULL STORY
By Melanie Evans October 19, 2009 Continuum Health Partners, New York, named Gregory Calliste chief administrative officer of St. Luke’s Hospital, New York. Tim Day, previously executive vice president and chief operating officer for the two-campus 702-bed St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, has been named CAO of Roosevelt Hospital, also in New York. ... FULL STORY
By Shawn Rhea October 16, 2009 Roland Goertz has been chosen president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians, according to a news release. ... FULL STORY
By Vince Galloro October 15, 2009 Holly Benson, the secretary of Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration, has tendered her resignation, effective Oct. 28, according to a copy of her resignation letter provided by AHCA. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson October 14, 2009 Stephen Parsons has been tapped to lead the Baptist Health South Florida Foundation, which oversees fundraising for the five-hospital system based in Coral Gables, Fla. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson October 13, 2009 Park Nicollet Health Services, St. Louis Park, Minn., has tapped physician David Abelson, 58, to become CEO and president of the system on Jan. 1. Abelson first joined the system in 1983, and took on executive duties in 1998. ... FULL STORY
By Joe Carlson October 12, 2009 Loren Hamel has been appointed president and CEO of two-hospital Lakeland HealthCare, St. Joseph, Mich., following the retirement of longtime executive Joseph Wasserman. ... FULL STORY
