Keeping Up - January Edition

January 2025

Longing

Elmouchi

Sprouse

Fogel

Bode

Aloia

Bruce

Perez-Dickens

Mohart

Meier

Cook

 

PRESIDENT/CEO

Angie Longing to president of CHI St. Vincent Morrilton in Arkansas. She will continue as chief nurse executive for the CHI St. Vincent Arkansas market, which covers CommonSpirit Health's facilities in central and southwest Arkansas. Longing succeeds Bubba Arnold, who retired in September.

ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES

Providence St. Joseph Health and organizations within Providence have made these changes:

  • Dr. Darryl A. Elmouchi to Providence St. Joseph Health chief operating officer. He replaces Erik Wexler, who became Providence president and CEO Jan. 1.
  • Cindy Mahal to chief administrative officer of Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, California.
  • Scott Foster-Edwards to chief executive of Providence Clinical Network's Puget Sound region.
  • Mila Sprouse to Providence Swedish North Puget Sound chief nursing officer. In this role, she will oversee nursing at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington, as well as at the Swedish Edmonds hospital and Swedish Mill Creek facility, which has an emergency department and outpatient care.

Organizations within Ascension have made these changes:

  • Dr. Richard Fogel transitioned from his role as Ascension executive vice president and chief clinical officer to the new role of chief health outcomes officer Jan. 1. He will retire on June 30.
  • Ascension Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Thomas Aloia succeeded Fogel as EVP and CCO. Ascension is undertaking a search for a new system CMO to succeed Aloia.
  • Kevin Bruce to chief administrative officer at Ascension Saint Thomas Hickman Hospital in Centerville, Tennessee.
  • Organizations within Trinity Health have made these changes:
  • Julie Edmunds Smith to chief financial officer of Trinity Health New York.
  • Maggy Perez-Dickens to president of Holy Cross Medical Group. She also will be on the Holy Cross Health senior leadership team. Holy Cross is in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is part of Trinity Health.

Dr. John Mohart to executive vice president and chief operating officer of Chesterfield, Missouri-based Mercy.

Dr. Brent Meier to SSM Health northern Wisconsin region clinical vice president and market physician leader as well as vice president of medical affairs for St. Agnes Hospital in Fond du Lac and Ripon Community and Waupun Memorial hospitals.

Sarah Cook to chief administrative officer of PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center in Alaska.

GRANTS

Holy Cross Health of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has received one of the single largest gifts in its history, a $6.5 million donation from Wanda and Jim Moran Jr. and the Wanda & Jim Moran Foundation. The funds will go toward a dedicated CT scanner that enhances the emergency department's diagnostic capabilities. The dollars also will fund the creation of a dedicated CT room in the department as well as other renovations and capital improvements. Holy Cross is naming the department in their honor. Combined with previous contributions to Holy Cross, the couple's support totals $8 million. Holy Cross is part of Trinity Health.

Chesterfield, Missouri-based Mercy has received funding of nearly $3 million from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute through its Health Systems Implementation Initiative. Mercy will use the funds to launch the Mercy Intensive Lifestyle Treatment for Weight Loss program, available both virtually and in person, at all 237 of its primary care clinics across four states. In 2023, Mercy joined the implementation initiative, which promotes evidence-based practice based on research findings.

Mercy Health, Mercy College of Ohio and Toledo Public Schools, all of Toledo, Ohio, have received a $500,000 allocation from the Ohio state capital budget. The investment will go toward the construction of an academy at Mercy College of Ohio that will promote workforce development and health care education. The Pre-Medical and Health Science Academy will educate students interested in medical and clinical careers starting in 2025.

 

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