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Paladina Health in Denver named Jennifer Bajaj,
MD, as CMO. Dr. Bajaj has more than 15 years
of progressive clinical management and physician
leadership experience.
Concord, Ohio-based Lake Health announced the
appointment of John J. Baniewicz, MD, a board-
certified internist, to senior vice president and
CMO.
Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky., named Andrew
Behan as chief quality and patient safety officer.
Larry Bookman, DO, CMO of Steamboat
Springs, Colo.-based Yampa Valley Medical Cen-
ter, retired March 31, after a more than 30-year
career at the hospital.
Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Health named Jack
L. Cox, MD, as senior vice president and CMO.
Houston-based Lyndon B. Johnson General Hos-
pital, part of Harris Health System in Houston,
named Derek Curtis, DNP, RN, as CNO.
Jeff Davis, DO, was named CMO of Scotland
County Hospital in Memphis, Mo. The hospital's
former CMO, Randall Tobler, MD, was recently
named CEO.
Gloversville, N.Y.-based Nathan Littauer Hospital
announced Stephanie Fishel, RN, as its vice presi-
dent of patient care and CNO.
The Brooklyn (N.Y.) Hospital Center promot-
ed Mary Anne Healy-Rodriguez, PhD, RN, to
senior vice president and chief nursing executive.
She was previously the hospital's vice president of
nursing operations.
Lee Johannsen, MD, was chosen as the first CMO
of Central Texas Medical Center in San Marcos.
He is an emergency medicine physician.
Dennis Lund, MD, a pediatric surgeon, will serve
as CMO of Stanford Children's Health and Lucile
Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto,
Calif.
Houston-based CHI St. Luke's Health announced
the appointment of Stephen Moore, MD, as
CMO, effective April 6.
New York City Health and Hospital Corp. an-
nounced the appointment of John Morley, MD,
as CMO of HHC Jacobi Medical Center and HHC
North Central Bronx Hospital, both located in the
Bronx, N.Y.
Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Hous-
ton promoted its CNO, Kelly Ochoa, RN, to vice
president of operations.
Joanne Olsen, the chief administrative officer
and CNO of PeaceHealth's Columbia Network,
announced she would leave the system April 10.
John T. Pellicone, MD, was appointed CMO of
HHC Metropolitan Hospital Center, part of the
New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. Dr.
Pellicone is a pulmonologist.
David R. Ploss, MD, a cardiologist, was appoint-
ed CMO of Ukiah (Calif.) Valley Medical Center,
part of Roseville, Calif.-based Adventist Health.
Thomas Reynolds, MD, was appointed CMO of
University of Virginia Culpeper Hospital in Cul-
peper.
Nikki Roux, RN, was appointed vice president
and CNO of Memorial Hermann Northeast Hos-
pital in Humble, Texas.
Gallipolis, Ohio-based Holzer Health System
named Amy Showalter as CNO.
Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kan.,
named Joyce Soule as CNO.
Greensboro, N.C.-based Cone Health promot-
ed Bruce Swords, MD, PhD, to CMO. He was
previously the system's vice president and CMIO.
R. Jason Thurman, MD, was named CMO of two
TriStar hospitals: Hendersonville (Tenn.) Medical
Center and Nashville, Tenn.-based Skyline Medi-
cal Center.
Memorial Hospital in Jasper, Ind., chose Stan-
ley Tretter, MD, who is board certified in family
medicine, to serve as the hospital's first CMO.
Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, Calif.,
named Donald T. Wenzler, DNP, RN, as its CNO,
effective April 6. n
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