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Sign up for the COMPLIMENTARY Becker's Hospital Review CEO Report & CFO Report E-Weeklies at www.BeckersHospitalReview.com or call (800) 417-2035 lyst and research director at Avondale Partners and CFO of Gaylord Entertainment Company. In 2011, Nashville Medical News named Ms. Warren a "Woman to Watch," and the Nashville Business Journal named her a "Woman of Influence in Tennessee." David Watson. CFO of National Surgical Hospitals (Chicago). Mr. Watson became CFO of National Surgical Hospitals in August 2011 after serving as senior vice president and CFO of Community Education Centers, a provider of treatment and education services for adult correctional populations based in West Caldwell, N.J. He also was executive vice president and CFO of Radiation Therapy Services, a developer and operator of radiation therapy centers and ancillary medical practices, and vice president of finance for The GEO Group, which outsources government services. Charles Weis. Executive Vice President and CFO of Sinai Health System (Chicago). Mr. Weis has been at Sinai Health System, a 421bed safety-net provider on the southwest side of Chicago, since 1982. Roughly 60 percent of Sinai's patients are on Medicaid, and Mr. Weis helped secure a system within Sinai in which the hospital would receive Medicaid add-on payments from Illinois to support services such as obstetrics, trauma care and pediatrics. He also is one of the major forces behind The Sinai Tomorrow Project, which will bring an outpatient pavilion and refurbished inpatient facilities to the community. Gary Weiss. Executive Vice President, Treasurer and CFO of NorthShore University Health System (Evanston, Ill.). Before Mr. Weiss joined NorthShore in 2001, he spent several years within the banking and financial services sector. He officially became CFO of NorthShore in October 2007, and he also serves as executive vice president and treasurer. Mr. Weiss spent 26 years at The First National Bank of Chicago and its affiliate organizations, and held the roles of CFO and chief accounting officer of the commercial banking business line. Ron Werthman. Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and CFO of The Johns Hopkins Health System (Baltimore). Mr. Werthman, who has more than 35 years of healthcare and higher education financial experience, became vice president, treasurer and CFO of The Johns Hopkins Health System and The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1993. Mr. Werthman has helped Johns Hopkins reach its highest operating margins in its history during his tenure. Prior to Johns Hopkins, Mr. Werthman was CFO of Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. He also served as CFO of St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kan., Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y., and Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh. Marvin White. Vice President and CFO of St. Vincent Health (Indianapolis). Mr. White has overseen the materials management, accounting, managed care and other financial services of St. Vincent Health since 2008. Mr. White's tenure at the 19-hospital St. Vincent Health, part of St. Louis-based Ascension Health, is his only hospital executive experience. Previously, he was executive director and CFO at Eli Lilly & Company's Lilly USA. Mr. White also served various financial roles at General Motors in Illinois and Hewlett Packard in Atlanta. Jeanné Wickens. Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO of Allegiance Health (Jackson, Mich.). Ms. Wickens has served as senior vice president of finance and CFO of Allegiance Health, a 480-bed system, since July 2004. She joined Allegiance Health in 2000 as corporate controller. Before Allegiance Health, Ms. Wickens served as controller and director of finance and registration at Battle Creek (Mich.) Health System, which is now part of Kalamazoo, Mich.-based Bronson Healthcare. She serves on the boards and finance committees of several local organizations, including the United Way and Center for Family Health. John Wilson. CFO of Heartland Health (St. Joseph's, Mo.). Mr. Wilson's career at Heartland Health, an integrated delivery system with Heartland Regional Medical Center at its foundation, began in 1986. He started as senior internal auditor and worked his way up to controller. In 1990, Mr. Wilson was promoted to CFO of the system. Under Mr. Wilson's tenure, Heartland Health has improved its Fitch bond ratings 25 from "BBB" in the 1990s to "A+" in 2012. He also serves on the boards of many community organizations, such as the United Way and the Allied Arts Council. Kris Zimmer. Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO of SSM Health Care (St. Louis). Since 2003, Mr. Zimmer has led the financial planning, capital management, bond financing and investment activities of SSM Health Care, one of the largest Catholic health systems in the country. Previously, he served as CFO of Norton Healthcare in Louisville, Ky., CFO of Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio, and CFO of Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge, Ohio. In February, CMS appointed Mr. Zimmer as a four-year panel member of the Advisory Panel on Hospital Outpatient Payment, where he will advise HHS and CMS on ambulatory payment classifications for Medicare hospital outpatient services. Bert Zimmerli. Executive Vice President and CFO of Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City). Mr. Zimmerli oversees the direction and oversight of all Intermountain Healthcare financial operations, including its health plan, SelectHealth. Mr. Zimmerli has been with Intermountain since 2003, and previously, he was CFO of The Methodist Hospital System in Houston. He also was senior vice president and CFO of Houston-based Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. Before serving as a hospital executive, Mr. Zimmerli was a partner at Ernst & Young's Houston office for 16 years, specializing in healthcare finance. n Save the Date! Becker's Hospital Review CEO Strategy Roundtable November 14, 2013 The Ritz-Carlton Chicago Co-chaired by Scott Becker, Publisher, Becker's Hospital Review, and Chuck Lauer, Former Publisher, Modern Healthcare To learn more visit www.BeckersHospitalReview.com To register, visit www.BeckersHospitalReview.com/novhospitalevent.html

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