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99 Executive Moves Executives moves that are in bold were placed by B.E. Smith Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare tapped Sally Hurt-Deitch, RN, to serve as vice president for patient care services and chief nursing officer. Claremont, N.H.-based Valley Regional Hospital named Beverly Rankin, BSN, RN, chief nursing officer, effective Feb. 12. Mercy Health-Cincinnati appointed Melissa Samuelson, MSN, DNP, RN, vice president and chief nursing officer of its East Market, which includes Anderson Hospital in Cincinnati and Clermont Hospital in Batavia, Ohio. CIO Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. selected Paola Arbour to serve as senior vice president and CIO. Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, a 45-hospital system, named Will Conaway CIO. Pasadena, Calif.-based Huntington Hospital tapped Scott Groom as its senior vice president and CIO, effective Feb. 27. Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services appointed Richard Keller senior vice president and CIO. Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth appointed Will Weider its permanent senior vice president and CIO, effective March 12. Chief strategy officer San Francisco-based Dignity Health selected Mona Chadha to serve as chief strategy officer of its Bay Area service area. Indianapolis-based St. Vincent, part of St. Louis-based Ascension, appointed Christine Fredric chief strategy officer. Dallas-based Children's Health named Pete Perialis Jr., executive vice president and chief strategy officer. Doctors Hospital of Manteca (Calif.) named Neil Pithadia chief strategy officer. Chief human resources officer Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health named Deborah Dover senior vice president of talent engagement and chief human resources officer, effective in late April. Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health named Jim Dunn, PhD, chief human resources officer, effective April 16. Appleton, Wis.-based ThedaCare named Maggie Lund, PhD, chief human resources officer. Chief marketing officer Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. named Marie Quintana senior vice president and chief marketing officer. Chief innovation officer Children's Hospital Los Angeles selected Omkar P. Kulkarni to serve as chief innovation officer, a newly created role, effective May 7. Eric Tomlinson, chief innovation officer at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C., and president of Wake Forest Innovation Quarter, is resigning March 1. Chief performance improvement officer Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System named Keith Persinger its first-ever chief performance improvement officer. Chief genomics officer UC San Francisco selected Aleksandar Rajkovic, MD, PhD, to serve as chief genomics officer of UCSF Health, a newly created position. Chief quality officer Sheridan (Wyo.) Memorial Hospital appointed Barbara Hespen its permanent chief quality officer. Chief experience officer San Diego-based Scripps Health appointed Ghazala Sharieff, MD, its inaugural corporate vice president and chief experience officer. Vice presidents Susan Herman is Long Beach, Calif.- based Miller Children's & Women's Hospital's new permanent vice president of patient care services. Bangor-based Eastern Maine Medical Center selected Philippe Morissette to serve as permanent senior vice president of finance. Liberty (Mo.) Hospital selected Joanie Peterson to serve as permanent vice president of patient care services. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio named Amy Tawney permanent vice president of human resources. Bangor-based Eastern Maine Medical Center tapped Christine Worthen to serve as permanent vice president of contracting.