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77 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT THOUGHT LEADERSHIP Hospital and Health System Executive Moves Chilton Medical Center in Pompton Plains, N.J., appointed Stephanie Bloom as president. Jeff Brown was appointed senior vice president and CIO of Seattle Chil- dren's Hospital. West Des Moines, Iowa-based Uni- tyPoint Health named Mark Burm- ester senior vice president and chief strategy officer. Melissa Burns, RN, CNO of Marys- ville, Calif.-based Rideout Health, was promoted to COO. Peter Butler, president of Chica- go-based Rush University Medical Center, will retire at the end of June. Michael J. Dandorph, currently executive vice president and COO of Rush University Medical Center, will succeed Mr. Butler on July 1 as COO and president. Travis Capers was named president of SSM Health's St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis, effective March 28. Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System, one of the five largest public healthcare systems in the nation, hired Saima Chaudhry, MD, as its chief academic officer to lead graduate medical education. Farmington, Maine-based Frank- lin Community Health Network named Timothy Churchill interim CEO. Rex Conger, president and CEO of Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton, Ill., retired. Conway (S.C.) Medical Center ap- pointed David Crutchfield to the newly created vice president of infor- mation services and CIO positions. Susan Ehrlich, MD, was named CEO of the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zucker- berg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Karen Faulis, RN, BSN, was named CEO of Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree, Calif., effective Feb. 22. Patrick Faricy, MD, CMO of Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Memorial Hospi- tal, retired. Ginger Fisher, RN, BSN, joined Utah Valley Specialty Hospital, a 40-bed long-term acute care hospital based in Provo, as COO. Louisville-based KentuckyOne Health named Stephanie Mayfield Gibson, MD, vice president of population health for the KentuckyOne Health and CMO of KentuckyOne Health Partners, the system's accountable care organization. Kerrie Guerrero, DNP, RN, MSN, was named vice president and CNO of Houston Methodist The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital, a new hospital sched- uled to open in 2017. Kathy Harren, RN, MSN, was named regional CNO of Providence Health & Services, Southern California, a nonprofit Catholic healthcare ministry serving the SouthBay, Westside and the Greater San Fernando Valley Area. Gregory James, MD, was named chief clinical officer of Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health. Madison, Wis.-based UW Health named Alan Kaplan, MD, CEO. Wayne Keathley will step down as inaugural president of Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine and En- glewood, Colo.-based Catholic Health Initiatives' joint venture. Robert Lenza was named CEO of San Antonio-based Methodist Children's Hospital. UC San Diego Health appoint- ed Christopher Longhurst, MD, as CIO. Lamar McBride was promoted to CEO of Northern Colorado Long Term Acute Hospital in Johnstown. Venice (Fla.) Regional Bayfront Health named John McLain CEO. Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, N.M., hired Michael Metts as CFO. Boston-based Partners HealthCare named Dani Monroe to its newly created position of chief diversity and inclusion officer. Bryan Nermoe was named president of Bemidji-based Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota. Dan Otero, chief administrative offi- cer of Gila Regional Medical Center What's one piece of advice you remember most clearly? To set time aside every week to keep up with the industry literature, which was probably easier to do 30 years ago than it is today. Today, information flows at an unbelievable pace and it is impossible to keep up. I would paraphrase that advice to set aside time every week to scan the literature. Try to get a sense of what's going on around you, not only in healthcare, but in the world at large. Read what interests you or what you need to focus on as determined by your own priorities. Let the rest go and try not to feel bad about what you can't do. What do you consider your greatest achievement at SSM Health so far? While SSM Health has had a great number of achievements, I can't claim credit for them myself. Our significant achievements are due to an engaged management team and a passionate and committed workforce. Every day, this group of talented and dedicated people strives to live our mission of providing exceptional healthcare to those we serve. I feel extraordinarily blessed to have had the opportunity to work with this group of people and to make some small contribution to their achieve- ments for the past 35 years. n