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67 Kathy Krusie, CEO of St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan, Texas, stepped down aer five years at the helm. Michael Lally, CEO of Calais (Maine) Regional Hospital, resigned June 23. Bath Community Hospital in Hot Springs, Va., named Kathy Landreth president and CEO. Coquille (Ore.) Valley Hospital, hired Karen Lau- termilch as CEO. USMD Hospital at Arlington (Texas) appointed Laurie Lewis CNO. Mercy Health-Cincinnati named Todd Lupton CFO. Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside, Calif., ap- pointed Gene Ma, MD, a board-certified emer- gency medicine specialist with 15 years of experi- ence, to the position of chief of staff. Michael McAnder was named CFO of Atlanta- based Piedmont Healthcare. Atlanta-based Pied- mont Healthcare also chose Patrick Battey, MD, as the next CEO of Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, hired Erin Muck as CNO. Pottstown (Pa.) Memorial Medical Center named Rich Newell CEO. St. David's Round Rock Medical Center in Round Rock, Texas named Cindy Nicholas CNO and Nikki Sikes COO. Houston-based Harris Health Sys- tem named Maureen Padilla to the full-time role of senior vice president and chief nurse executive. John W. Polanowicz, former secretary of the Exec- utive Office of Health and Human Services in Mas- sachusetts, took a role as executive vice president of network, insurance and physician operations at Boston-Based Steward Health Care System. Auburn, Ind.-based DeKalb Health named Craig Polkow CEO. Rockledge, Fla.-based Health First, an integrated delivery network in Central Florida, selected Alex Popowycz as senior vice president and CIO. Maryann Reese, CEO of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, Ill., accepted a new position as executive vice president and COO of Saint Francis Health System in Cape Girardeau, Mo. San Francisco-based Dignity Health realigned hospital leadership in the Sacramento, Calif. Mi- chael Ricks, former president of Mercy Hospital of Folsom (Calif.), le Dignity Health. Edmundo Castañeda, whose former role was president of Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, is now president of both Mercy General Hospital and Mercy Hospital of Folsom. Longview (Texas) Regional Medical Center named Casey Robertson CEO. Sharon (Pa.) Regional Health System named Ja- son Roeback CEO. Wrangell (Alaska) Medical Center CEO Marla Sanger is leaving her position, effective Oct. 30. Patricia Sheyka, RN, CNO of Gila Regional Med- ical Center in Silver City, N.M., plans to retire at the end of August. e U.S. Senate confirmed David Shulkin, MD, president of Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center, as the Department of Veterans Affairs' undersecre- tary for health. St. Anthony's Medical Center in St. Louis named David Sindelar CEO. Phillip Sowa, CEO of Saint Louis (Mo.) Univer- sity Hospital, is stepping down from his role. Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Alliance named Michael Stenger president and CEO of Franciscan St. Margaret Health in Dyer, Ind. and Hammond, Ind., and Franciscan Healthcare in Munster, Ind. Woodland Heights Medical Center in Luin, Tex- as, appointed Kyle Swi CEO. Kay Takes was named president and CEO of Mer- cy Medical Center-Dubuque (Iowa). Danville (Va.) Regional Medical Center named Ross Taylor, MD, as the new CMO. Marilyn Tremblay, RN, MSN, resigned from her position as CIO at Regional Medical Center of Or- angeburg and Calhoun Counties in Orangeburg, S.C., to become IT director of applications at Phil- adelphia-based Grand View Health. Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center appointed Matthew Trunnell as vice presi- dent and CIO, effective August 31. Children's Hospital Los Angeles named Paul S. Viviano president and CEO Karen S. Watts, MSN, RN, was named executive vice president and CNO of Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas. Daniel Wolcott, president and CEO of Takoma Regional Hospital in Greeneville, Tenn., stepped down to become president and CEO of Roseville, Calif.-based Lodi Health. HCA North Texas, the 15-hospital Irving-based branch of HCA, named Jamie Youssef chief de- velopment and strategy officer. Stephen P. Zieniewicz was named president and CEO of Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livings- ton, N.J., effective September 8. BECKER'S HOSPITAL REVIEW CEO REPORT E-WEEKLY free • educational • up-to-date Visit beckershospitalreview.com/e-weeklies.html or call (800) 417-2035 subscribe today