PRESIDENTS/CEOS
CommonSpirit Health and some organizations within that system have made these changes:
- Julie Manas to president of CommonSpirit Health's Northwest Region, effective Jan. 2. The region covers 12 hospitals and a network of outpatient sites. Most recently, Manas was division president for Quorum Health, where she held operational responsibility for 12 hospitals and affiliated clinics across nine states. She is a former CHA board chair.
- Doug Kleam to president of Dignity Health St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard, California; and St. John's Camarillo Hospital in Camarillo. Most recently, Kleam was president of Dignity Health — St. Bernardine Medical Center in San Bernardino, California.
- Brian Smolskis to president and CEO of Dignity Health's California Hospital Medical Center of Los Angeles. He was chief operating officer for multiple acute care hospitals within PIH Health and president of PIH Health Physicians.
Jeremy Essman to president of three Catholic Health hospitals in New York: Kenmore Mercy Hospital, Mount St. Mary's Hospital in Lewiston, and Lockport Memorial Hospital. Essman succeeds Walt Ludwig, who retired from Kenmore Mercy in October. Catholic Health Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jim Garvey was president of Mount St. Mary's and Lockport Memorial prior to Essman's appointment. Most recently, Essman was system vice president of hospital operations at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire, overseeing three hospital campuses as well as additional outpatient facilities. Catholic Health is based in Buffalo, New York.
Dr. Timothy P. Graham to president of three Trinity Health hospitals in Ohio: Mount Carmel Dublin, Mount Carmel New Albany and Westerville's Mount Carmel St. Ann's. He was interim president for Mount Carmel St. Ann's and Mount Carmel New Albany, succeeding Diane Doucette, who retired in June.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGESTrinity Health of Livonia, Michigan, and facilities within that system have made these changes:
- Mandi A. Murray to Trinity Health executive vice president and chief legal officer.
- Le-Ann Harris to regional chief nursing officer of Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic region.
- Edward J. Willard to chief strategy and business development officer for Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic region.
- Liz Matuk to president of Mount Carmel Medical Group, part of Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System.
Organizations within Providence St. Joseph Health have made these changes: Dr. Daniel Spoon to chief medical officer of the Providence St. Joseph Health Montana Service Area. Vaughn Williams to chief operating officer of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Oregon.
Jason Miller to vice president of hospital operations for the St. Elizabeth campus of CHRISTUS Southeast Texas Health System. The facility is in Beaumont, Texas.
Dr. Marijka Grey to president of the physician enterprise for the Tennessee and Georgia Market of CommonSpirit Health.
ANNIVERSARYAvera Health, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 25 years.