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62 THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Hospital and Health System Executive Moves e University of Connecticut named An- drew Agwunobi, MD, executive vice pres- ident for health affairs and CEO of Farm- ington-based UConn Health. Steven Altschuler, MD, was named senior vice president of health affairs at the University of Miami and CEO of UHealth-University of Miami Health Sys- tem. NYC Health + Hospitals, New York City's public health system, appointed Plachik- kat Anantharam CFO. David Benn, longtime San Joaquin Valley (Calif.) regional healthcare administrator and Sutter Health's Central Valley Region president, plans to retire in January. Boston-based Steward Health Care Sys- tem appointed Deborah Bitsoli president of Morton Hospital in Taunton, Mass. Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., named LaRay Brown president and CEO. Aspirus Riverview Hospital and Clinics in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis., appointed Todd Burch CEO. Al Campbell was named COO of Oxon Hill, Md.-based Nexus Health and Fort Washington (Md.) Medical Center. Terri Day, president of Dayton, Ohio- based Kettering Health Network, is step- ping down as the system reshuffles its leadership. Shands Live Oak (Fla.) Regional Medical Center named Heath Evans CEO. St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., named Gabrielle Finley-Ha- zle CEO. Melbourne, Fla.-based Wuesthoff Health System named CEOs for two of its med- ical centers. Ron Gicca was named CEO of Wuesthoff Medical Center–Mel- bourne. Gary Malaer was named CEO of Wuesthoff Medical Center–Rockledge (Fla.). Dana Gilbert was selected as chief strate- gy and population health officer at Chica- go-based Presence Health. Mercy Clinic-West, which operates 82 clinics throughout Oklahoma, has two new leaders. C. Kevin Goodwin serves as COO of Mercy Clinic. Jesse Campbell, MD, was named chief administrative offi- cer of Mercy Clinic. Colt Hatcher was named CEO of Weath- erford (Texas) Rehabilitation Hospital. Vibra Hospital of Sacramento, a 58- bed specialty hospital in Folsom, Calif., named Kimberly Horton, RN, NP, MSN, DHA, CEO. Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Healthcare System named Ken Johnson president and CEO. A.O. Fox Hospital in Oneonta, N.Y., named Jeff Joyner president. Barry Katzen, MD, was named chief medical executive of the Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, part of Coral Ga- bles-based Baptist Health South Florida. Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems revealed additional future exec- utives for its planned spin-off company, Quorum Health Corp. Shaheed Koury, MD, was named senior executive of qual- ity and medical staff relations. James Hayes was named a senior executive of operations. R. Harold McCard Jr. was named general counsel. Northwest Florida Healthcare named Mi- chael Kozar CEO of Northwest Florida Community Hospital in Chipley, Fla. Patricia Liebman, RN, COO of Pitts- burgh-based Allegheny Health Network, will retire at the end of the year. As of Dec. 1, Richard Lofgren, MD, CEO of Cincinnati-based UC Health, will be the only CEO leading the health system. Kimberly Lumia, president and CEO of Sharon (Conn.) Hospital, was replaced. Dean Mazzoni was named president and CEO of Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City (Ind.). Great Plains Health in North Platte, Neb., appointed Ivan Mitchell senior vice presi- dent of development. Stan Morton, president of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton, resigned from his post, effective Dec. 31. Anthony Nasralla, president and CEO of Titusville (Pa.) Area Hospital, will retire from his post in July 2016. Mark Newton, president and CEO of Chi- cago-based Swedish Covenant Hospital, is leaving his post to become vice chairman of the Swedish Covenant Hospital Foun- dation. Bakersfield (Calif.) Heart Hospital ap- pointed Michelle Oxford president and CEO. John Rossfeld, CEO of e Memorial Hospital at Craig (Colo.), submitted his resignation. Kendall Sawa, RN, CEO of Ilwaco, Wash.- based Ocean Beach Hospital, is leaving his