PRESIDENTS/CEOS
Deborah Berini to CEO of Providence Alaska in Anchorage, effective Feb. 23. She was president of SSM Health DePaul Hospital in St. Louis.
BJ Predum to Dignity Health Central Coast Market president. He was California Central Valley Market president. The Central Coast Market includes Arroyo Grande Community Hospital, Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, French Hospital Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, St. John's Camarillo and St. John's Regional Medical Center in Ventura County.
Dr. Thomas Gullatt will retire as president of FMOL Health St. Francis in Monroe, Louisiana, on Jan. 8, 2027. As a part of the leadership transition, Jeremy Tinnerello, president of FMOL Health St. Dominic in Jackson, Mississippi, will become regional president over both the North Louisiana and Jackson markets. Over the coming year, Gullatt and Tinnerello will collaborate to ensure market stability and momentum, and work with FMOL Health leadership to select a new hospital president, according to a press release.
Dr. Timothy Quinn plans to retire as president and CEO of Mercy Cedar Rapids in Iowa on April 3. He had maintained his clinical practice while he was CEO and will continue seeing patients at Cedar Rapids' MercyCare after he retires as CEO. He also plans to contribute to the development of emerging medical technologies, including those involving artificial intelligence. Mercy is initiating a national search to identify Quinn's successor. During the search, Greg DeWolf, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will be Mercy's interim president and CEO.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
Mercy of Chesterfield, Missouri, has made these changes: Brian Day to chief financial officer, Lina Scroggins to chief product officer, and Paul Davis to president of contracting and managed care.
Yulia Hatton to director of mission integration for the Nebraska and Iowa markets of CHI Health of Omaha, Nebraska, part of CommonSpirit Health. Her role covers CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center — Bergan Mercy, CHI Health Lakeside and CHI Health Midlands.
Caitlin Brunell to vice president of Ascension St. Vincent's Foundation of Jacksonville, Florida.
Organizations within Trinity Health have made these changes: Dr. Lawrence Ward to chief medical officer for Holy Cross Medical Group in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Deacon Matthew Halbach to vice president for mission and campus culture at Mercy College of Health Sciences of Des Moines, Iowa.
GIFT
The Wanda & Jim Moran Foundation has given $6.5 million to Holy Cross Health of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, one of the single largest donations in the hospital's 70-year history. The hospital, which is part of Trinity Health, is using the gift to improve the emergency department, which includes elevating the hospital's diagnostic capabilities. Holy Cross is naming the unit the Wanda & Jim Moran Jr. Emergency Department.
ANNIVERSARY
Holy Cross Health of Fort Lauderdale, 70 years.