PRESIDENTS/CEOS
Jaime Dircksen to president and CEO of Pittsburgh Mercy, from interim president. Previously, she was vice president of community health and well-being at Trinity Health, based in Livonia, Michigan.
Reuben Murray to CEO of CHRISTUS Southern New Mexico, from interim CEO. Immediately prior, he was chief financial officer for CHRISTUS St. Vincent Health System in Santa Fe, New Mexico, overseeing two hospitals and a large medical group.
ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGESPeaceHealth of Vancouver, Washington, has made these changes: Mike Dwyer to president of strategy and business value, Dr. Imelda Dacones to president of care delivery and value, and Mark Korth to chief transformation and integration officer. PeaceHealth said in a release that the appointments are part of a comprehensive realignment of the system's senior leadership team to accelerate its three-year transformation strategy.
Dr. Sanjiv Tewari to Providence Swedish North Puget Sound chief medical officer. He will oversee the medical staffs of Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, Swedish Edmonds and Swedish Mill Creek. All these facilities are in Washington state.
Vincent L. Salyers to inaugural dean of the Joyce E. Lillis School of Nursing at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa.
OBITUARYDr. Robert Kenji Kuramoto died Sept. 8. He held leadership positions with multiple academic medical centers, health systems, and national boards and associations. He served on the boards of CHA, Bon Secours Health System, and SCL Health, now part of Intermountain Health.