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168 Executive Moves St. Louis-based SSM Health hired Steve Smoot to serve as COO, effective July 16. CIO Oakland, Calif.-based Alameda Health Sys- tem tapped Mark Amey to serve as CIO. Senior Vice President and CIO Jonathan Manis left Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health tapped 17-year information man- agement veteran Kathy Ross as its new CIO. Phoenix-based Banner Health Senior Vice President and CIO Ryan Smith resigned, completing his five-year tenure July 19. Omaha, Neb.-based Methodist Health System selected Kent Sona to serve as vice president of information technology and CIO. Chris Van Pelt became interim CIO at Sac- ramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health. Seaford, Del.-based Nanticoke Health Services selected Steffan Williams to serve as CIO. CMO Greenville, N.C.-based Vidant Health selected Niti Armistead, MD, to serve as CMO, effective July 16. José Baselga, MD, PhD, medical oncologist, physician-in-chief and CMO of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, resigned after reports surfaced claiming he failed to disclose significant financial ties to the drug industry and oth- er healthcare companies in more than 100 research articles. Seattle-based Swedish Health Services selected Jack Cox, MD, to serve as CMO. Hartford, Conn.-based Trinity Health of New England selected Syed A. Hussain, MD, to serve as senior vice president and CMO, effective Aug. 1. Stacey Johnston, MD, became associate chief medical officer at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville (Fla.). Atlanta-based Emory Saint Joseph's Hos- pital selected Thomas P. McGahan, MD, to serve as CMO. Overland Park, Kan.-based HCA Midwest Health selected Kimberly Megow, MD, to serve as CMO. CNO Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health selected Beth P. Beckman, DNSc, to serve as its inaugural chief nursing executive. Waco, Texas-based Providence Healthcare Network tapped Cyndy B. Dunlap, DNP, RN, to serve as chief nursing officer, effec- tive Aug. 20. Norman (Okla.) Regional Health System selected Brittni McGill, MSN, RN, to serve as its permanent chief nursing officer. Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota appointed Pam VanHazinga, BSN, RN, vice president of patient care services and permanent chief nursing officer. Chief quality officer Orlando (Fla.) Health selected George Ralls, MD, to serve as chief quality officer of Orlando Regional Medical Center, effec- tive Aug. 1. JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas, named Trisha Swift, DNP, vice president and chief quality officer. Chicago-based Cook County Health & Hospitals System selected Ronald Wyatt, MD, to serve as chief quality officer. Chief strategy officer Cleveland Clinic selected Josette M. Beran to serve as its permanent chief strategy officer, effective immediately. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare selected Michael Keleman to serve as market chief strategy officer for both Sierra Vista Re- gional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Twin Cities Community Hospi- tal in Templeton, Calif. Boston-based Steward Health Care System tapped Ruben Jose King-Shaw, Jr. to serve as chief strategy officer, effective June 18. Louisville, Ky.-based Baptist Health se- lected Jody Prather, MD, to serve as chief strategy officer, effective Sept. 17. Chief physician executive Brewer-based Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems named Steven M. Berkowitz, MD, permanent senior vice president and chief physician executive. Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System selected Rich Cooley, DO, to serve as chief physician executive of its Eastern Wisconsin Division. Chief diversity officer James E. Page Jr., vice president and chief diversity officer at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine, resigned for a new po- sition at Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Aug. 17. Chief people officer Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare selected Heather Brace to serve as senior vice president and chief people officer. Chief analytics officer Nashville (Tenn.) General Hospital appointed Eric Stephens chief analytics officer. Chief clinical officer St. Louis-based SSM Health selected Mat- thew Hanley, MD, to serve as chief clinical officer. Chief communications officer Dallas-based Steward Health Care hired Jim Olson to serve as chief communica- tions officer, effective Sept. 1. Chief digital officer St. Louis-based Ascension named Eduar- do Conrado executive vice president and chief digital officer, a newly created role, effective Sept. 1. Chief of population health Cleveland Clinic appointed Adam Myers, MD, chief of population health and direc- tor of Cleveland Clinic Community Care, effective June 18. Chief accounting officer Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health named Glenn A. Hargreaves senior vice president, chief accounting officer and controller. Chief medical informatics officer CHI Health St. Elizabeth in Lincoln, Neb., selected Steven Leitch, MD, to serve as chief medical informatics officer. Vice president David Fernandez will serve as vice pres- ident of physician practices at Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems in Portland. OSF Healthcare System in Peoria, Ill., appointed Laurie Hurwitz senior vice pres- ident of revenue cycle. Erie County Medical Center Corp. in Buf- falo, N.Y., named Pamela Lee senior vice president of operations. Centra Lynchburg (Va.) General Hospi- tal named Jennifer Neal vice president of revenue cycle.