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45 Hospital & health system executive moves Elizabeth Wise, MSN, was appointed presi- dent and CEO of University of Maryland Up- per Chesapeake Health. HCA Houston Healthcare named Adrian Moreno COO of the health system's Tomball (Texas) hospital. Tyler Hedden resigned from his role as CEO of Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital. Eleze Armstrong was appointed CEO of Doc- tors Hospital of Manteca (Calif.). Jason Carter was appointed senior vice presi- dent and COO of University of Maryland Bal- timore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, Md. Doug Harrison was named president and CEO of Morgantown, W.Va.-based WVU Medicine hospitals Reynolds Memorial and Wheeling (W.Va.) Hospital. Louis Roe was named the permanent presi- dent and CEO of Braxton County Memorial Hospital in Gassaway, W.Va., and Summers- ville (W.Va.) Regional Medical Center. Michael Grace, who currently serves as the health system's chief administrative officer, will take on the additional role of president of Mor- gantown-based J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. Stephanie Schwartz was named the perma- nent president of Atlantic Health System's Overlook Medical Center in Summit, N.J.. Akram Boutros, MD, is retiring as president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System. Jeremy Clark was appointed CEO of Brook- wood Baptist Health and Brookwood Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala. Michelle Crawford was named CFO of Mercy Health-Youngstown and Mercy Health-Lo- rain, both in Ohio. Gregory Nielsen was appointed COO of New Orleans-based LCMC Health system Robert Curry is retiring as CEO of Covina, Calif.-based Emanate Health. Richard "Chip" Davis, PhD, was appointed CEO of Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health. Daphne David was appointed CEO of TriStar Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tenn. Cindy Dennison was named CFO for Mercy Health-Lorain and Oberlin, Ohio-based Mer- cy Health-Allen. Karen Duncan, MD, was promoted to the role of president and CEO of Fort Worth, Tex- as-based JPS Health Network. Richard Fisher, MD, has stepped down from his role as president and CEO of Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Charles Hall resigned from his role as super- intendent and CEO of Island Hospital in Ana- cortes, Wash. Luke Lawrimore was named CEO of the fu- ture Altru Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D. John Luellen, MD, was named president of Mercy Health-Youngstown and Mercy Health-Lorain, both in Ohio. Jessica O'Neal was appointed CEO of Medical City Las Colinas hospital in Irving, Texas. Gil Palmer, MD, was named president of Lo- rain (Ohio) Hospital. Scott Raynes was appointed president and CEO of Southeast Georgia Health System in Brunswick. Beth Steele, MSN, RN, has been appointed COO of Owensboro (Ky.) Health Regional Hospital. Daniel Tryon was appointed president of Beavercreek-based Soin Medical Center and Xenia-based Greene Memorial Hospital, both in Ohio. Martin Tursky was named COO of Mer- cy Health-Youngstown and Mercy Health- Lorain, both in Ohio. Charlotte Wray, MSN, RN, was named presi- dent of St. Joseph Warren (Ohio) Hospital. Christopher Cosby was named CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis (Tenn.) and Tenet Healthcare's Memphis market. Kathy Donovan, MSN, RN, was named group COO for Detroit Medical Center. Hans Driessnack was named CEO of Abrazo Health's West Campus in Goodyear, Ariz. Murali Naidu, MD, was appointed CEO of Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, Calif. Omar Pineda, MSN, RN, was appointed CEO of Abrazo Health's Central Campus in Phoe- nix and Abrazo Mesa (Ariz.) Hospital. Todd Campbell will resign from his role as COO of Huntington, W.Va.-based St. Mary's Medical Center. Edmundo Castaneda announced he is step- ping down from his position as president and CEO of Sacramento, Calif.-based Mercy Gen- eral Hospital and Woodland (Calif.) Memorial Hospital. Darren Lee resigned as CEO of St. John's Re- gional Medical Center in Oxnard, Calif., and St. John's Hospitaland in Camarillo, Calif. Steven Gordon is retiring as CEO of Brattle- boro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital. Craig Albanese, MD, will join Durham, N.C.- based Duke University Health System as exec- utive vice president and COO. Ken Wheat has been appointed executive vice president and COO of Rancho Mirage, Ca- lif.-based Eisenhower Health. Harry Brockus has been appointed CEO of Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill. Northwestern Medical Center in St. Albans, Vt., promoted Jonathan Billings to COO. Christopher Dunleavy was named CFO of Dallas-based Steward Health Care. His new role became effective Oct. 25. Ivan Mitchell has been named CEO of North Platte, Neb.-based Great Plains Health. Manoucheka ermitus was appointed COO of Regional One Health in Memphis, Tenn. West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health has appointed Richard "Rick" Davis CEO of Saint Barnabas Medical Center. Kerry Heinrich has been appointed CEO of Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health. Pamela Cassara has been appointed CFO of Cook County Health in Chicago. Benjamin Breier will step down from his role as CEO of Louisville, Ky.-based Kindred Healthcare following the company's sale to Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health. Kyle Dorsey has been appointed hospital president of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Medical Center South. Alan Lee has been appointed COO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. Angela Swearingen, vice president of finance and CFO at St. Mary's Medical Center, has been named the Huntington, W.Va.-based hospital's next COO. n