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160 of Crete (Neb.) Area Medical Center, effective Aug. 3. Dean M. Carucci was named CEO of Portsmouth (N.H.) Regional Hospital. Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth hired Elizabeth "Liz" Dunne as president and CEO. Ash Gokli, MD, will be leaving his position as CEO of Memorial Hospital Los Banos (Calif.), part of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, to take a new job as Sutter Health's CMO in the Central Valley. Mary Shehan, DNP, RN, was named CNO of Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, Neb., named Richard G. Aziz- khan, MD, president and CEO, effective Oct. 19. Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas named Adam Rudd CEO, effective Sept. 7. Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health appointed Gwen G. Sandefur as the new COO of Spectrum Health Grand Rapids. Arthur W. Nichols announced his retire- ment as president and CEO of Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth-Hitchcock Keene (N.H.). Don Caruso, MD, who served as medical director in CMC/DHK's Office of the President since 2011, was named as Mr. Nichols' successor. Gary R. Colberg will resign as president and CEO of Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Health System aer 14 years of service. Memorial Hermann Health System promoted Brian Dean to CEO of Hous- ton-based Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, effective August 23. Gregory T. Wozniak, president and CEO of St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, Pa., part of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, will step down in October aer 16 years at the helm. Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago welcomed Stephen DePooter as its new CIO. New York City-based Lenox Hill Hospital, part of North Shore-LIJ Health System, named Irene Macyk, RN, BSN, as CNO and associate executive director of patient care services. Jennifer omas, RN, was named CNO of Mercy Hospital Fort Smith (Ark.). Mark McMath was named CIO of Mem- phis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare. Philadelphia-based University of Penn- sylvania Health System announced two executive leadership changes at Lancaster (Pa.) General Health. omas E. Beeman was named COO of UPHS regional op- erations, and Jan Bergen was appointed president and CEO of LG Health. Houston-based Harris Health System named Parikshet A. Babber, MD, as its new executive vice president and CMO. Jackson, Miss.-based Merit Health added four new executives to the Merit Health Central management team. Sam Dean joined Merit Health Central as COO; Laura Knight, RN, BSN, was promoted to CNO from assistant CNO, a position she held since June 2013; Nicholas Renda was named CFO; and Mike Mudd was named assistant administrator. Hardin Memorial Hospital in Elizabeth- town, Ky., named Lennis ompson vice president and CFO. Plumas District Hospital in Quincy, Calif., hired Caleb Johnson as CFO. New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery named Catherine H. MacLean, MD, PhD, as its first chief value medical officer. Stephen Warren, deputy CIO of the Department of Veterans Affairs, will leave his position for a different federal CIO position. Dallas-based Texas Heath Resources appointed Joey Sudomir senior vice pres- ident of innovative technology solutions and CIO. Michael P. Browning was named CFO of Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed Health and Hospitals. Bobby Olm-Shipman was appointed president and CEO of Saint Luke's South Hospital in Overland Park, Kan., effective September 8. Nicholas J. Lanza was named CFO of East Orange (N.J.) General Hospital. Shoals Hospital in Muscle Shoals, Ala., hired Kidada Hawkins as CEO. Edgefield (S.C.) County Hospital appoint- ed Carlos Milanes CEO. Peter Wozniak, CEO of Venice (Fla.) Regional Bayfront Health, resigned at the end of July. Jeff Reece was named interim CEO, and Peggy Greene is returning as interim CNO. Shelly Harkins, MD, CMO of Belleville, Ill.-based St. Elizabeth's Hospital, resigned aer being selected as the first CMO of the Beacon Health System in South Bend, Ind. Peter Ingram was named CIO of He- brew SeniorLife, a Boston-based senior healthcare and community provider that is affiliated with Harvard Medical School, also in Boston. Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health ap- pointed Gwen McKinney vice president and chief compliance officer. Beth Llewellyn took over as the first CEO of Lawrence, Kan.-based Health Care Access. n