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53 Executive Moves president and CMO. Topeka, Kan.-based Stormont Vail Health named Kevin D. Dishman, MD, senior vice president and CMO. St. Louis Children's Hospital selected Alexis Elward, MD, to serve as CMO. Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center Senior Vice President and CMO Jerry Epps, MD, is retiring, effective April 15. Medical City McKinney (Texas) tapped Jaya Kumar, MD, to serve as CMO, effective in February. AdventHealth North Pinellas in Tarpon Springs, Fla., tapped Michael Longley, MD, to serve as CMO, effective Feb. 18. Detroit Medical Center selected Leonardo Lozada, MD, to serve as CMO for three of its hospitals. Kissimmee, Fla.-based Osceola Regional Medical Center hired Joseph Mazzola, DO, to serve as CMO. Norwalk, Ohio-based Fisher-Titus Medical Center appointed Gary L. Moorman, DO, as CMO, effective Jan. 14. DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit tapped Vinay Pallekonda, MD, to serve as CMO. Saint omas Rutherford Hospital in Mur- freesboro, Tenn., named Richard Rogers, MD, its new CMO. Little Rock-based Arkansas Children's Hos- pital appointed Greg Sharp, MD, senior vice president and CMO. Emory Johns Creek (Ga.) Hospital appointed Shawn Tritt, MD, as CMO. Syracuse, N.Y.-based SUNY Upstate Medical University named Amy Tucker, MD, perma- nent CMO of Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. CNO Regional Medical Center of San Jose (Calif.), part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Health- care, selected John Coldsmith to serve as chief nursing officer, effective Jan. 28. Templeton, Calif.-based Twin Cities Com- munity Hospital selected Robert Cook, BSN, MSN, to serve as its permanent chief nursing officer. Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center Health Network appointed Paula Fessler, MSN, RN, chief nurse executive for its Valhalla and Poughkeepsie campuses. Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa, named Cory Geffre chief nursing officer, effective Jan. 14. Houston-based Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center named Loretta Lee, RN, acting chief nursing officer. Detroit Medical Center appointed Travis Maher, BSN, chief nursing officer for three of its hospitals. Cleveland Clinic Akron (Ohio) General named Sheila Miller, MSN, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer. Jennifer Nitschmann, MSN, RN, le her role as Houston-based Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center's chief nursing officer. Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Integris Baptist Medical Center appointed Lewis Perkins, BSN, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer. CIO SSM Health, a nonprofit system based in St. Louis, named Sony Jacob CIO. Providence St. Joseph Health appointed Microso's former cloud and artificial intel- ligence executive B.J. Moore as CIO, effective Jan. 28. Phoenix-based Banner Health selected Dean- na Wise to serve as CIO, effective Jan. 28. Chief strategy officer Doctors Hospital of Manteca (Calif.) selected Preston Clark to serve as its chief strategy officer, effective Jan. 21. Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health selected Rasu B. Shrestha, MD, to serve as executive vice president and chief strategy officer, effec- tive in February 2019. San Ramon (Calif.) Regional Medical Center named Pam Yoo chief strategy officer, effec- tive Jan. 7. Chief development officer Medical City Plano (Texas) and Medical City Frisco (Texas) named James Mendez chief development officer. HCA Houston Healthcare, part of Hous- ton-based HCA Gulf Coast Division, appointed Chris J. Osentowski division chief development officer, effective Dec. 31. Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth named Karen Santangelo chief development officer of its Columbia network, effective Jan. 28. Chief clinical officer St. Louis-based Ascension's Florida region tapped Huson Gilberstadt, MD, to serve as chief clinical officer. David Pryor, MD, St. Louis-based Ascension's chief clinical officer, is retiring June 30. Chief human resources officer Albany, Ga.-based Phoebe Putney Health Sys- tem named Tony Welch senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective Feb.1. Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Chil- dren's Hospital tapped Lorina Wise to serve as chief human resources officer. Chief administrative officer Shreveport, La.-based Willis-Knighton Health System named Brian Crawford senior vice president and chief administrative officer, effective Jan. 9. Chief compliance officer University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio tapped Jessica Saldivar to serve as chief compliance officer, effective Jan. 2. Chief equity and inclusion officer Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota selected James Burroughs to serve as chief equity and inclusion officer. Chief pharmacy officer Morgantown-based West Virginia Univer- sity Health System tapped Todd Karpinski, PharmD, to serve as chief pharmacy officer, a newly created role, effective Feb. 18. Chief people officer Little Rock-based Arkansas Children's se- lected Jimmy Duncan to serve as senior vice president and chief people officer, effective Dec. 31. Chief patient safety officer Brigitta Mueller, MD, vice president of med- ical affairs and chief patient safety officer at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla., resigned. Chief academic officer Cleveland-based University Hospitals named Mukesh K. Jain, MD, chief academic officer, effective Jan. 1. Chief marketing and communications officer Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System named Mary E. Lanham senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer. Vice president Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center-Bergan Mercy, part of Englewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives appointed Kelli Saucer- man-Howard vice president of patient care, effective Feb. 12.