Byington joins Healh Science Center at Texas A&M University, and other newsmakers

Dr. Carrie Byington has been named vice chancellor for health services, dean of the college of medicine and senior VP for the Health Science Center at Texas A&M University, effective in January.

Since 2012, Byington has served as vice dean for academic affairs and faculty development for the University of Utah School of Medicine. In 2013, she took on the additional role of associate vice president for faculty and academic affairs for the Health Sciences campus, which includes the schools of medicine and dentistry, and the colleges of health, nursing and pharmacy.

A federally funded researcher, Byington has conducted studies focused on bacterial and viral respiratory pathogens in children. She also served earlier this year as chair of the Infectious Diseases Advisory Group for the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Dr. Darryl Elmouchi has been promoted to chief medical officer at Spectrum Health Hospital Group, based in Grand Rapids, Mich. He replaces Dr. Ralph Rogers, who died in May.

Elmouchi, 44, was most recently the system's chief of cardiovascular medicine and chairman its cardiovascular medicine department. He also served as medical director of cardiac electrophysiology from 2010 to 2014 at Spectrum and previously held clinical positions at the University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, and the University of California at San Francisco.

He is also an assistant professor of medicine at Michigan State University.

Dr. Michael Anderson has been named chief medical officer of CHI Franciscan Health, Tacoma, Wash., after serving in the role on an interim basis for seven months. He replaces Dr. Mark Adams, who left to become CMO for PeaceHealth, Vancouver, Wash.

Before joining CHI Franciscan, Anderson was medical officer for the U.S. Marine Corps and director of health services headquarters for the Marines.

Charlie Therrien has been named president of Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine, part of Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems, effective in mid-November. He will remain a senior VP of the system. He succeeds Eileen Skinner, who resigned in March.

Therrien, 58, most recently served as president since 2010 of EMHS' Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth. He has also held various executive roles at Sharon (Conn.) Hospital including CEO and COO. He also led the physician organization at Danbury (Conn.) Hospital from 1993 to 1999.

Teresa Kline has been named president and CEO of Health Alliance Plan, the insurance subsidiary of Henry Ford Health System based in Detroit, effective Nov. 21. She will also be executive VP of the system. She replaces James Connelly, who retired in 2015.

Kline, 58, most recently led her own firm in Atlanta that provided strategic counseling, due diligence and interim management services. Previously, she was senior VP and chief healthcare management officer for Health Care Service Corp. based in Chicago.