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57 Hospital & Health System Transactions WCA Hospital in Jamestown, N.Y., became the first hospital outside Pennsylvania to integrate with Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Newark, N.J.-based Rutgers University Medical School submitted a proposal to manage Paramus, N.J.-based Bergen Regional Medical Center once the current hospital operator's contract expires in March 2017. Fort Mill, S.C.-based Family Care Partners acquired Wagener (S.C.) Medical Center. Greenwood Village, Colo.-based Envision Healthcare's physician services business acquired Montgomery-based Alabama Neonatal Medicine, expanding Envision's footprint in the state. Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health and Paolo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Children's Health continue to expand an existing partnership to provide community members with access to children's specialty care services. Hospital & Health System Executive Moves Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System named Anthony Aquilina, DO, as regional president and Ronald Beer as chief adminis- trative officer for Geisinger Northeast. HCA Far West Division named Jeremy Brad- shaw CEO of Las Vegas-based MountainView Hospital. Sweeny (Texas) Community Hospital named Scott Briner CEO. Warner Robins, Ga.-based Houston Health- care named Charles G. Briscoe COO. Tampa General Hospital CEO Jim Burkhart resigned aer nearly four years of heading the safety-net hospital. Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente named Bechara Choucair, MD, as its first chief community health officer. Northwest Hospital in Randallstown, Md., se- lected Kelly Corbi to serve in the newly creat- ed position of COO. Silver City, N.M.-based Gila Regional Medical Center CEO Brian Cunningham resigned. Moberly (Mo.) Regional Medical Center CEO John M. Dawes resigned. Cincinnati-based TriHealth named Andrew DeVoe as permanent CFO. Cox Medical Center Branson (Mo.) appointed James Duff, MD, to CMO. edaCare Medical Center-Shawano (Wis.) CEO Dorothy Erdmann retired, effective Dec. 16, 2016. Fishermen's Community Hospital in Mara- thon, Fla., selected David Faulkner to serve as interim CEO. Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Health Net- work appointed Aaron Garofola, MBA, to permanent CEO of Dupont Hospital in Fort Wayne. Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health dismissed interim CEO Pauline Grant. Walterboro, S.C.-based Colleton Medical Cen- ter CEO Brad Griffin is departing, effective Jan. 1, 2017. Lakewood Ranch (Fla.) Medical Center named Andy Guz CEO. e Coeur d'Alene Tribe's Benewah Medical and Wellness Center in Plummer, Idaho, ap- pointed Helo Hancock to CEO. Clay County Hospital in Flora, Ill., appointed Christopher Hunt to president. Atlanta-based Piedmont Athens Regional named Tamara L. Jackson, DNP, vice presi- dent and CNO, effective Jan. 3, 2017. Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge, Va., appointed Katherine A. Johnson, PhD, to president, effective Dec. 5, 2016. Chicago-based Presence Health announced the resignation of Roberta Luskin-Hawk, MD, CEO of Presence St. Joseph Hospital in Chica- go and Presence St. Francis Hospital in Evan- ston, Ill. Dr. Luskin-Hawk is serving in an advisory role for the health system until 2017. Richmond-based Hospital Corporation of America Virginia named Zach McCluskey CEO of Johnston-Willis Hospital in Rich- mond, effective Dec. 19, 2016. Orlando-based Florida Hospital tapped Rob- in McGuinness, DNP, MSN, to serve as chief clinical officer of the Florida Hospital West Florida Region, effective Dec. 12, 2016. Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth COO Beth O'Brien stepped down from her post, ef- fective Dec. 9, 2016. Shands Live Oak (Fla.) Regional Medical Cen- ter CEO Bayode Omosaiye resigned. Cortez, Colo.-based Southwest Health System tapped Karen Pasquin, RN, to serve as CNO. Baltimore-based Sinai Hospital announced the departure of President Amy Perry, effective Jan. 20, 2017. Chicago-based Rush University Medical Cen- ter appointed Shafiq Rab, MD, senior vice president and CIO, effective Jan. 9, 2017. Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant Health named Brian D. Schroeder, MD, CMO of Covenant Medical Center as well as vice president for medical affairs at Covenant Women's and Chil- dren's, both in Lubbock. Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System named Terry Shaw president and CEO. Lansing-based Michigan Veteran Health Sys- tem appointed Brad Slagle interim CEO. Laconia, N.H.-based LRG Healthcare named Patti Strohla, RN, CNO. President and CEO of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock and Dartmouth-Hitch- cock Health James Weinstein, DO, will retire at the end of his term in June 2017. n