Martin Boryszak has been promoted to president and CEO of Sisters of Charity Hospital in Buffalo, N.Y., part of Buffalo-based Catholic Health System. He replaces Peter Bergmann, who recently left to become president of UH Parma (Ohio) Medical Center, part of Cleveland-based University Hospitals.
Boryszak has been COO of Sisters of Charity for the past two years. He joined the hospital in 2009 as director of finance.
DeShazer
Dr. Charles DeShazer has been named chief medical officer of Highmark Health Plan, based in Pittsburgh. He will be responsible for defining and leading the plan's clinical strategy.
DeShazer joined Highmark Health last year as VP and executive medical director for clinical services. Previously he served as market medical director for Humana; VP of medical informatics, quality and transformation at Dean Health System in Madison, Wis.; and chief quality officer at BayCare Health System, Tampa, Fla.
Andrew Chastain has been promoted to CEO of executive search firm Witt/Kieffer, based in Oak Brook, Ill., effective June 30. He succeeds Charles Wardell, who has served as CEO since 2011. Wardell will remain at the firm as a senior adviser.
Chastain currently serves as managing partner and chairman of Witt/Kieffer's healthcare practice. He has been with the firm for more than 20 years, previously serving as managing partner of its Southern region and co-leader of the Central region.
Fisher
Donald Fisher, longtime president and CEO of AMGA, formerly the American Medical Group Association, died March 26 from cancer. He was 71.
During his 37 years leading the association, Fisher was an integral voice advocating on the behalf of multispecialty medical groups in the U.S. He was an early supporter of value-based reimbursement and population health, advocating for data-sharing and innovation. AMGA membership increased from 8,000 physicians in 1980 to 175,000 this year.
Throughout his tenure, Fisher served in various roles on all of AMGA's subsidiary organizations. He also helped launch AMGA Analytics, a subsidiary in partnership with UnitedHealth Group's Optum division that offers resources for data analysis and predictive analytics.
Fisher was also a member of various other healthcare organizations, including the American International Health Alliance, the American Association of Medical Society Executives and the American Society of Association Executives.
Before joining AMGA, he served as the first executive director of the American Academy of Physician Assistants in Alexandria, Va.
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