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61 Northern Inyo Hospital in Bishop, Calif., selected Victoria Alexander-Lane as CEO, effective July 2014. Ochsner St. Anne Hospital in Raceland, La., se- lected Tim Allen as CEO. Marquette (Mich.) General Hospital named Ed Banos CEO. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist Health selected Karen Barbara Carbone, MD, as executive vice president and COO. Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie, Wyo., se- lected Bryan Chalmers as CFO. Jim Diegel, president and CEO of Bend, Ore.- based St. Charles Health System, will step down from his position once a successor is named. Wilmington, Del.-based Saint Francis Healthcare selected Brian Dietz as president and CEO. Lakewood (Calif.) Regional Medical Center ap- pointed Ron Galonsky as CEO. Douglas Hawthorne, CEO of Arlington-based Texas Health Resources, announced his decision to step down from his position. O.E. "Bud" Hufnagel, CEO of Three Rivers Hospi- tal in Brewster, Wash., announced his resignation. Peoria, Ill.-based UnityPoint Health-Methodist/ Proctor selected Keith Knepp, MD, as executive vice president and COO. St. Vincent's East in Birmingham, Ala., appointed Michael Korpiel president and COO. Michael Lukaszewski, senior vice president and CFO of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health, retired. St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., named Steven MacLauchlan president and CEO. Bridgeport, Conn.-based St. Vincent's Health Ser- vices named Stuart Marcus, MD, president and CEO of the health system. Hilton Head (S.C.) Hospital appointed Tom Neal as COO. NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center named Cam Patterson, MD, COO and se- nior vice president. Bakersfield, Calif.-based Dignity Health selected Bruce Peters as president and CEO of Mercy Hos- pital Downtown and Mercy Hospital Southwest. University Hospitals in Cleveland selected Jeffrey Peters, MD, as COO. Terry Pladson, MD, president and CEO of St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare Health, an- nounced plans to retire. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio selected Ram- anathan Raju, MD, as president of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, the largest public hospital system in the country. He resigned as CEO of Cook County Health and Hospital Sys- tems in Illinois to accept the new role. John Jay Shannon, MD, was named interim CEO of Cook County Health and Hospital Systems. Cleveland-based MetroHealth named Craig Richmond senior vice president and CFO. Timothy Sayler, CEO of St. Joseph Regional Med- ical Center in Lewiston, Idaho, is leaving his po- sition to become chief administrative officer and COO of Essentia Health-Fargo (N.D.) Donna Singer resigned as CEO of Montezuma Creek-based Utah Navajo Health Systems. Karen Smith, CEO of Burlington, Kan.-based Cof- fey Health System, submitted a letter of resignation. Scott Smith was named CEO of Mercy Regional Medical Center's Ville Platte, La., campus and Acadian Medical Center campus in Eunice, La. Chris Smolik, CEO at The Memorial Hospital in Craig, Colo., announced his resignation. Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage selected Julie Taylor as CEO. Spring View Hospital in Lebanon, Ky., selected Timothy Trottier as CEO. Kent Wallace, CEO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based RegionalCare Hospital Partners, announced his resignation. George Zara, president and CEO of Columbia, S.C.-based Providence Hospitals, announced his retirement. Hospital & Health System Executive Moves Akron (Ohio) General Health System ended exclusive negotiations with Cleveland Clinic and Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems on a proposed joint venture transaction. Amery (Wis.) Regional Medical Center joined Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners. Phoenix-based Banner Health signed a deal to acquire Casa Grande (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center. Brooklyn Hospital Center, a safety-net hospital two miles away from Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., partnered with a private equity firm to make a bid to buy the struggling LICH and close it as a full-service hospital. Carson Tahoe Health, based in Carson City, Nev., formed a partnership with Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health Care. Two major Houston-based providers within Englewood, Colo.-based Catho- lic Health Initiatives — CHI St. Luke's Health and the Texas Heart Institute — expanded their affiliations with the Baylor College of Medicine in Hous- ton as part of a campus redesign. Catholic Health Initiatives signed a nonbinding letter of intent to assume ownership of Memorial Health System of East Texas, based in Lufkin. Chilton Hospital in Pompton Plains, N.J., completed its merger with Atlan- tic Health System, based in Morristown, N.J. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Duke LifePoint Healthcare and Wilson (N.C.) Medical Center signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture. Shareholders of Health Management Associates approved the deal in which Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems will acquire the Naples, Fla.-based hospital chain. Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America signed a definitive agreement with Capella Healthcare in Franklin, Tenn., to acquire Grand- view Medical Center in Jasper, Tenn. Memorial Health System and Southern Illinois University HealthCare, both based in Springfield, Ill., formed a new partnership focused on improv- ing healthcare access, quality, safety and outcomes. Memorial Hospital in Fremont, Ohio, became an affiliate with Toledo, Ohio- based ProMedica. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City filed a certificate of need with the state to completely absorb Lawrence Hospital Center in Bronxville, N.Y. North Shore-LIJ Health System in Great Neck, N.Y., and Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital — two providers situated more than 1,000 miles apart — signed a three-year affiliation agreement. Orlando (Fla.) Health and University of Florida Health in Gainesville part- nered to create a comprehensive cancer care program Paris (Texas) Regional Medical Center signed an affiliation agreement with Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health. Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville, Ill., agreed to affiliate with Memo- rial Health System, based in Springfield, Ill. Hospital & Health System Transactions