Becker's Hospital Review

Save the date! Becker's Hospital Review 6th Annual Meeting — May 7-9, 2015 — Chicago. Please call 800-417-2035 to register. 53 David F. Alexander, CPA, MBA, was named CFO of Paterson, N.J.-based St. Joseph's Healthcare System. June Altaras, RN, MN, was appointed CEO of Swedish Seattle, which includes the First Hill and Cherry Hill hospital campuses, both in Seattle. Ms. Altaras began her new role Jan. 1. Martin A. Bieber, CPA, was named interim presi- dent and CEO of East Orange (N.J.) General Hos- pital, effective immediately. Oakland, Calif.-based Alameda Health System an- nounced the appointment of Daniel Boggan, Jr. as interim CEO, effective Dec. 15, 2014. Kimberly L. Bourne, system director of patient safety for Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health System, was named president and CEO of Tay- lorville (Ill.) Memorial Hospital, effective Jan. 1. Rosalie Tocco-Bradley, PhD, MD, was named CMO of St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor (Mich.) and St. Joseph Mercy Livingston (Mich.) hospitals, ef- fective Dec. 1, 2014. Frank Byrne, MD, president of St. Mary's Hospi- tal in Madison, Wis., announced his retirement, effective Jan. 30. Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First appointed Bill Calhoun, MBA, president of community hospi- tals. He will oversee the operations and develop- ment of Health First's Cape Canaveral Hospital in Cocoa Beach, Palm Bay (Fla.) Hospital and Viera (Fla.) Hospital. Rob Casalou, current president and CEO of St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor and St. Joseph Mercy Livingston, was appointed regional president and CEO of Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, based in Ann Arbor, Mich. Kathy Connerton was appointed president and CEO of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, N.Y., effective Dec. 15, 2014. Lourdes is part of St. Lou- is-based Ascension Health. Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro, Ill., terminated CEO Randy Dauby's contract. Seven executives, including Svetlana Dembitska- ya, the COO who was hired in May, left Wyoming, Mich.-based Metro Health. Andrea DeMeo was named president and CEO of Trillium Health in Rochester, N.Y., effective Jan. 1. Valley Medical Group in Paramus, N.J., part of Ridgewood, N.J.-based Valley Health System, ap- pointed Jean Flanagan as its first COO. Ascension Health Michigan is consolidating CEO leadership for its Mid-Michigan region. As a re- sult, the position of president and CEO of St. Mary's of Michigan-Saginaw, currently held by John Graham, was eliminated, effective Jan. 1. Columbus-based OhioHealth announced lead- ership changes at three hospitals. Bruce Hagen, currently regional executive and president of OhioHealth Dublin (Ohio) Methodist Hospital and OhioHealth Grady Memorial Hospital in Delaware, was named president of OhioHealth Marion (Ohio) General Hospital, effective Jan. 12. Steve Bunyard, COO of Dublin Methodist and Grady Memorial, was promoted to president of both hospitals, also effective Jan. 12. Lincoln, Neb.-based Regional Provider Network announced Michael Hein, MD, as the network's CEO, effective Dec. 1, 2014. The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Cen- ter named David A. Kirshner, MBA, CFO. Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center COO David Kobis resigned, effective Dec. 12, 2014, to become senior vice president and COO of Cort- land (N.Y.) Medical Center. Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health System named Thomas Malone, MD, MBA, president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. Anderson, S.C.-based AnMed Health named Wil- liam T. Manson III CEO, effective Jan. 1. McLaren Greater Lansing (Mich.) hospital named Thomas Mee, RN, BSN, MBA, president and CEO. John Moore was named executive vice president and CFO of Dallas-based Parkland Health & Hos- pital System, effective Jan. 5. Brian Nester, MD, was named president and CEO of Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network after serving as the system's interim president and CEO since the retirement of Ronald Swinfard in July. Daniel E. Neufelder was appointed president and CEO of Milwaukee-based Ministry Health Care, effective Dec. 1, 2014. Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Hospitals ap- pointed Rick Palagi, MHA, as CEO of Northeast- ern Nevada Regional Hospital located in Elko, Nev., where he has served as interim CEO since Aug. 7. Rapid City, S.D.-based Regional Health named Brent R. Phillips, MHA, MBA, president and CEO, effective Jan. 1. Hawaii Health Systems, headquartered in Hono- lulu, named Linda Rosen, MD, the new CEO, ef- fective Dec. 16. Taos (N.M.) Health Systems CFO Steven Rozen- boom was named interim CEO. Kevin Slavin, president and CEO of East Orange (N.J.) General Hospital, accepted an offer to be- come president and CEO of St. Joseph's Health- care System in Paterson, N.J. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA announced the appoint- ment of Hugh Tappan, MHA, MBA, as president of HCA's South Atlantic Division, effective Jan. 1. Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, Alaska, an- nounced the appointment of Alan C. Ulrich, MBA, as the hospital's new CFO, effective Nov. 19, 2014. Hospital & Health System Executive Moves How do you revitalize yourself? I'm consistent in that regard and fiercely protect my time outside of work with my family and friends. My wife is my best friend, partner and confidant and psychiatrist — she is a child psychiatrist. I spend time with her, our kids and our first grandchild. And I am equally devoted to making sure I exercise often. On most days I exercise more than once, and in my office I have a set of 20 lbs dumbbells and an elliptical. The stresses of the job are intense and relentless, as there is a ton of pressure on a day-to-day basis on how we make decisions. I know it has significant emotional and physical consequences for everyone involved. It's reassuring to know I'm doing everything I can to refresh myself. What's one piece of advice you remember most clearly? I learned this from my father when I was 9 years old. Our neighbor had been fired from his job for the fourth time, and I asked my dad why our neighbor gets fired so many times. My dad said, "Because he's not a nice man. If you treat people with dignity and respect and you are kind to them all of the time, everyone will benefit. You will always be better off, your family and the people with whom you work, if you treat people kindly and respectfully all the time." My dad had such an impact on everyone he met and it was because he treated them with genuine kindness. It served him well and served them well. That's the best piece of advice I've gotten. What do you consider your greatest achievement at Lahey Health so far? When I got here four years ago, and it was clear that Massachusetts was go- ing to become a very competitive marketplace, we spent a lot of time in the organization trying to understand what our position in the future should look like. Lahey had historically been the recipient of referrals from outside the community, and we were less focused on strategy to provide care in com- munity settings close to where patients live. When we created the Lahey Health system two years ago, the governing body made a commitment to do everything it could to keep patients as close to home as possible, enhancing quality, making care more convenient and low- ering the cost of care. That has been adopted across the organization, actively managing everyday strategies to make sure patients receive the right care in the place at the right time. That is something you hear frequently around the country — organizations talking about pursuing that course — but we're do- ing it and have data to demonstrate what we've accomplished. n

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