Dr. Peter Buckley named VP of medical affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Dr. Peter Buckley has been named executive VP of medical affairs at the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System and dean of the VCU School of Medicine, effective Jan. 17. He replaces Dr. Jerome Strauss, who served as dean for 11 years. He will stay at VCU as a faculty member.

Buckley will oversee a physician group practice of 600 doctors and the academic health sciences center. He is currently executive VP of medical affairs and integration at Augusta University in Georgia and also is dean of the medical college at Augusta and a professor of psychiatry, pharmacology and radiology.

Jordan Herget has been named president and CEO of O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, Calif., and

St. Louise Regional Hospital in Gilroy, Calif., both part of Redwood City, Calif.-based Verity Health, previously known as the Daughters of Charity Health System. He replaces Robert Minkin.

Herget has been COO of Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose, an HCA facility. He began his healthcare career with Ernst & Young as a senior consultant, later joining HCA in 1999 as an associate in the controller development program at St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City.

Jeffrey Keller has been named chief innovation officer of the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville.

In this newly created role, Keller, 41, will help lead research on new and improved treatment options available at UVA.

Most recently, Keller founded Element Diagnostics, a company that develops molecular diagnostics to improve the treatment of cancers. He also previously worked in various operating roles at GE Healthcare and as a healthcare specialist at BlackArch Partners, an investment bank in Charlotte, N.C.

Jennifer Jackman has been named CEO of Edinger Medical Group, a physician-owned practice based in Orange County, Calif. In the newly created role, she will lead strategic development and operations of the practice.

Jackman most recently was CEO of MemorialCare Medical Foundation in Fountain Valley, Calif., part of MemorialCare Health System. She oversaw operations of MemorialCare Medical Group and the system's accountable care organization.

Dr. Andrew Ziskind has been named senior VP of academic strategy at Premier, a group purchasing and healthcare quality improvement organization based in Charlotte, N.C.

Ziskind, an interventional cardiologist, most recently oversaw physician performance improvement efforts for Huron Consulting Group. He will lead Premier's strategy to help train a new generation to work under population health and alternative payment models.

Previously, Ziskind was president of Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis and was instrumental in creating Seattle-based UW Medicine's Spine Center and Regional Heart Center. He also served as vice dean for clinical affairs and associate VP for clinical programs at the University of Washington.