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46 Executive Moves merger. Colette Nichols, CFO of Lancaster, Calif.-based Antelope Valley Hospital, resigned after being placed on administra- tive leave. Camden Clark Medical Center in Parkers- burg, W.Va., selected Kyle Pierson to serve as CFO, effective in January. Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CHI Memorial appointed Michael Sutton market CFO. Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Health- care Network appointed Paul G. Swinko corporate CFO and vice president of finance for Bassett Medical Center in Coo- perstown, effective in January. Evanston, Ill.-based Northshore Universi- ty HealthSystem appointed Doug Welday CFO. COO Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Hospital selected Michael Chicarel- li, DNP, RN, to serve as COO. Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health selected Chad T. Lefteris to serve as COO, effective Dec. 17, 2018. Providence Portland (Ore.) Medical Center tapped Kendall Sawa, RN, to serve as COO. Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System appointed Karen Steely COO of Gordon Hospital in Calhoun, Ga., and Murray Medical Center in Chatsworth, Ga. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare appointed Saumya Sutaria, MD, COO of the company in a newly created enterprise role. CMO Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health Sys- tem tapped Nishant Anand, MD, to serve as executive vice president and CMO. Stephen Bartlett, MD, CMO of the Uni- versity of Maryland Medical System in Baltimore, resigned. Anchorage-based Providence Health & Services Alaska tapped Michael Bernstein, MD, to serve as CMO. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health selected Eric Eskioglu, MD, to serve as executive vice president and CMO. Hendersonville, N.C.-based Park Ridge Health named Teresa Herbert, MD, vice president of medical affairs and CMO. Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, tapped Ryan Heyborne, MD, to serve as CMO. Seattle-based UW Medicine CMO Carlos Pellegrini, MD, plans to retire, effective Dec. 31, 2018. Stony Brook (N.Y.) University Hospital se- lected Mark Sands, MD, to serve as CMO, effective Nov. 1, 2018. Chief nursing officer Birmingham, Ala.-based Brookwood Baptist Health tapped Amy Beard to serve as its permanent chief nursing officer of Brookwood Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham. OSF St. Joseph Medical Center in Bloom- ington, Ill., named Toni Bishop-McWain, MSN, RN, vice president and chief nursing officer. Long Island Community Hospital in Pat- chogue, N.Y., appointed Debra Grimm vice president and chief nursing officer. Denver-based UCHealth selected Kay Miller to serve as chief nursing officer of UCHealth Greeley (Colo.) Hospital. Tri-State Memorial Hospital in Clarkston, Wash., selected Jacqueline Mossakowski to serve as chief nursing officer. Julie Nunley will serve as chief nursing officer of UCHealth Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colo. Palm Beach Gardens (Fla.) Medical Center selected Pat Rosenberg, RN, MSN, to serve as chief nursing officer. CIO Dallas-based Parkland, a public hospital system, named Joseph Longo as its perma- nent CIO. Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and San Francisco-based Dignity Health appointed Deanna Wise CIO of the organization created by its merger. Chief quality officer Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health appoint- ed Steven Choi, MD, its inaugural chief quality officer. Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System selected Betty S. Chu, MD, to serve as chief quality officer and associate chief clinical officer. Chief medical social media officer Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health selected Austin Chiang, MD, to serve as chief medical social media officer, a newly created role. Chief legal officer New York City-based NewYork-Presby- terian selected Mary Beth Claus to serve as group senior vice president, chief legal officer and general counsel, effective in March 2019. University Hospital in Newark, N.J., named Mary K. E. Maples chief legal officer. Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives and San Francisco-based Dignity Health appointed Mitch Melfi chief legal officer of the organization created by its merger. President of hospital operations Eric Evans, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's president of hospital operations stepped down at the end of 2018. Chief restructuring officer Dickinson County Healthcare System in Iron Mountain, Mich., named Dennis H. Smith chief restructuring officer. Chief clinical operating officer Robert "Bo" Cofield, vice president and chief clinical operating officer of Lexing- ton-based UK HealthCare, resigned. Chief academic officer Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health selected Dereck DeLeon, MD, to serve as chief academic officer. Seattle Children's tapped Leslie R. Walk- er-Harding, MD, to serve as senior vice president and chief academic officer, effec- tive Feb. 15, 2019. Chief clinical transformation officer Cleveland-based University Hospitals selected Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD, to serve as its chief clinical transformation officer, effective immediately. Chief philanthropy officer Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System selected Kristi Hall-Jiran to serve as executive vice president and chief philan- thropy officer, effective January 2019. Chief revenue officer New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health appointed Gerard Brogan Jr., MD, senior vice president and chief revenue officer Oct. 3. Chief medical information officer Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital named Sarah Rush, MD, a pediatric oncologist who's been with the system since 2013, as its new chief medical information officer.