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176 Hospital & health system executive moves Michele Chulick, BSN, president and CEO of Wyoming Medical Cen- ter in Casper, will retire when the hospital's sale to Phoenix-based Ban- ner Health is finalized later this year. Terri Gehring, president and CEO of McPherson (Kan.) Hospital, will retire by year's end. Peter Markell, executive vice president of administration and finance, CFO and treasurer of Boston-based Mass General Brigham, plans to retire on March 31, 2021. Gregory Walker, CEO of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, N.H., will retire Oct. 31. River's Edge Hospital Commission in St. Peter, Minn., released CEO Jo- seph Stratton from his contract Sept. 3 aer six months in the position. Two months aer taking the job as CEO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health, Joey Jacobs stepped down. LaTasha Barnes will serve as CFO of Bayfront Health St. Petersburg (Fla.). David Berger, MD, was appointed CEO of the University Hospital of Brooklyn at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University in New York City. Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital Health System named Clinton Carter CFO. Coffey Health System in Burlington, Kan., named Jeremy Clingenpeel CEO. Susan B. Allen Hospital in El Dorado, Kan., named Leonard Hernan- dez president and CEO. Bayfront Health St. Petersburg (Fla.) named John Moore president of the health system and senior vice president of Orlando (Fla.) Health's West Division. Steve Young, COO of Brandon (Fla.) Regional Hospital, was promoted to CEO of Englewood (Fla.) Community Hospital. Campbell County Health in Gillette, Wyo., welcomed Colleen Heeter, RN, BSN, as its first female CEO. Dale Johns was named CEO of Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) General Hospital. Tripp Owings, CEO of Wesley Woodlawn Hospital and ER in Wichi- ta, Kan., accepted a new position as CEO of Medical Center of Trinity (Fla.). Brant Russell, MSN, RN, was tapped as president and CEO of As- cension Michigan's Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and Novi campuses. Kevin Vaziri is stepping down as CEO of Dignity Health's Woodland (Calif.) Memorial Hospital. Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System named Noel Cardenas senior vice president and CEO of Memorial Hermann South- east and Memorial Hermann Pearland hospitals. Penny Cermak, executive vice president and system CFO of Dal- las-based Baylor Scott & White Health, plans to leave the organization, effective Oct. 30. Berkshire Health Systems in Pittsfield, Mass., named Sean Fitzpatrick CFO. Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System named Justin Ken- drick senior vice president and CEO of Memorial Hermann e Wood- lands Medical Center and Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital. Greg Neal, CEO of Bristol (Tenn.) Regional Medical Center, stepped down. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health named Robert Nesselbush CEO. Robert Rogalski was named president of Sharon (Pa.) Regional Med- ical Center. Los Angeles-based Keck Medicine of USC named Eric Strucko, PhD, CFO. Daniel Bonk began his tenure as CEO of Bellville (Texas) Medical Center. Karen Fordham le her job as CEO of Venice (Fla.) Regional Bayfront Health. Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center named Patrick Hwu, MD, president and CEO. Providence CFO Venkat Bhamidipati is leaving the Renton, Wash.- based health system for a new role at a technology company. Owensboro (Ky.) Health CFO John Hackbarth plans to retire Feb. 1, 2021. Adventist Health in Roseville, Calif., named Todd Hoeins CFO. MultiCare Health System in Tacoma, Wash., named Laureen Driscoll, MSN, RN, president of Tacoma General and Allenmore hospitals. Michael Apkon, MD, PhD, president and CEO of Tus Medical Center in Boston, stepped down in September. n