Beth O'Brien has been named COO at PeaceHealth, Vancouver, Wash., effective Sept. 8.
In the newly created position, O'Brien, 65, will manage all operations at the Catholic system.
O'Brien is currently a group executive officer within Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives, overseeing CHI hospitals in Arkansas, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri and Pennsylvania. Before joining CHI, O'Brien served as a managing director with Navigant Consulting.
Gonzalez
Ildemaro Gonzalez has been named VP and chief diversity officer at Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas.
As diversity officer, a new position at the safety net provider, Gonzalez, 43, is tasked with promoting diversity and inclusion among Parkland's workforce. He also will work to foster relationships among vendors and civic organizations that enhance diversity.
Previously, Gonzalez was the global director of inclusion and philanthropy at Newell Rubbermaid, a publicly traded company known for consumer household products.
David Verinder has been named president and CEO of Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Health Care System. He had been interim chief executive since May.
Verinder, 47, took over for Gwen MacKenzie, who stepped down after nearly a decade in the top job at Sarasota Memorial to take an executive position within the Michigan market of Ascension Health.
He joined Sarasota Memorial in 2006 as CFO. He later was promoted to COO.
Dr. Mark Del Beccaro has been named senior VP and chief medical officer at Seattle Children's effective Oct. 1.
Del Beccaro, 57, a pediatrician, has been VP of medical affairs at the hospital since 2012. He will replace Dr. David Fisher, who is retiring.
He first worked at Seattle Children's in 1979 as a nursing aide at what was then Children's Orthopedic Hospital, before beginning medical school at the University of Washington in 1981. He joined the faculty of Seattle Children's emergency department in 1989 and was appointed pediatrician-in-chief in 2007. He's also a professor at UW's medical school.
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Shaywitz
Dr. David Shaywitz has been named chief medical officer of DNA software company DNAnexus, based in Mountain View, Calif.
Shaywitz, 46, is the firm's first CMO. He will oversee the adoption and clinical mechanics of DNAnexus' cloud-based genomics platform. The company works with biotech and pharmaceutical research labs, diagnostic testing providers and other clinical groups.
He previously was a director of strategic and commercial planning for Theravance Biopharma, San Francisco. His medical background is in internal medicine and endocrinology.
Bryan Hanson has been promoted to the new position of group president at medical-device maker Covidien, effective Oct. 1.
Hanson, 47, currently serves as group president of Covidien's U.S. medical devices. In his new role, Hanson will oversee all of Dublin, Ireland-based Covidien's business segments. He has been with Covidien since 1992 and has overseen several other areas of the company, including its surgical devices and emerging markets business.
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