Mandl named CEO of Emory Healthcare and other newsmakers

Michael Mandl, a longtime Emory University executive, has been named president and CEO of Emory Healthcare, the school's health system.

Mandl, 52, has served as the university's executive VP for business and administration since he joined the Atlanta institution in 2003. He now will oversee one of the largest health systems in the Southeast, including five acute-care hospitals and a network of clinics and physicians. He replaces John Fox, who left the system this year to lead Troy, Mich.-based Beaumont Health.

Before coming to Emory, Mandl was a VP at Duke University and a member of its senior leadership team. He has also held leadership positions at the University of Pennsylvania, KPMG and GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Clay Dunagan has been named senior VP and chief clinical officer for St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare.

Dunagan, 59, will continue to serve as quality VP and leader of the system's Center for Clinical Excellence, positions he has held for the past 20 years. As head of the center, Dunagan has led the development of scorecards and other metrics to help providers improve quality and reduce measured adverse events.

In his new role, Dunagan will work with physicians from St. Louis-based Washington University and all BJC-affiliated doctors to develop more comprehensive, evidence-based approaches to care.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Children's Health, Palo Alto, Calif., has made two changes in the C-suite: Dr. Dennis Lund has been named chief medical officer and Dana Haering is the new CFO.

Lund, a pediatric surgeon, has spent three decades as a leader in pediatric medicine, most recently as executive VP of Phoenix Children's Medical Group and surgeon-in-chief at Phoenix Children's Hospital. In his new role, he also will serve as associate dean for maternal and child health at Stanford University's School of Medicine.

Haering joined Stanford Children's in 2011 as controller and was named CFO in January. She has more than 20 years of experience in the public accounting sector, serving mostly healthcare accounts. Before coming to

Stanford, she was a senior manager in the healthcare practice at consultancy KPMG.

John Harney will retire this summer as president and CEO of University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora.

Harney, 63, will leave the hospital on June 30 after seven years of service. He joined the organization in 2008 as COO and was promoted to his current position in 2012.

During his tenure, the hospital added an inpatient tower and clinics and expanded oncology services. Harney also played a role in forming University of Colorado Health, which comprises UC Hospital and four others serving Colorado, western Nebraska and southern Wyoming.

Before coming to UC, Harney served for 21 years in various leadership roles at NYU Hospitals Center, New York City.

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, has named Hal Mueller chief supply chain officer.

Mueller, 52, has supply-chain management experience in multiple industries, including healthcare. Most recently, he served as VP of purchasing and supplier quality at Remington Outdoor Co. He also served as VP of strategic sourcing for Novant Health and worked for 16 years at Ford Motor Co.