Here are 13 chief medical officer exits and appointments since March 1, 2026, as reported by Becker’s:
1. Robert Mayo, MD, shared plans to step down from his role as Rochester Regional Health’s chief medical officer.
2. Russell Adams, MD, chief medical officer of UnityPoint Health-Waterloo (Iowa), shared plans to retire. Pradeep Ramesh, MD, was selected as the Waterloo market’s interim CMO.
3. Zachary Frey, MD, was named chief medical officer of Hastings, Neb.-based Mary Lanning Healthcare.
4. Steven Wright, MD, was named chief medical officer for Pine Bluff, Ark.-based Jefferson Regional Medical Center.
5. Joseph Tennyson, MD, was promoted to chief medical officer for HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital and HealthAlliance Home Health and Hospice in Massachusetts.
6. Matthew Alder, MD, PhD, was named inaugural pediatrician-in-chief and chief medical officer for Springfield, Mo.-based St. Louis Children’s at CoxHealth.
7. Hatem Mourad, MD, was named chief medical officer for Meridian, Miss.-based Baptist Anderson Regional Medical Center.
8. Mazyar Shadman, MD, and Vyshak Alva Venur, MD, were appointed deputy chief medical officers for Seattle-based Fred Hutch Cancer Center.
9. John Delzell Jr., MD, was appointed Richmond-based VCU Health’s designated institutional officer and senior associate dean for Graduate Medical Education for the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.
10. LaKeeya Tucker, DO, was appointed chief medical officer of Memorial Hospital Miramar (Fla.) and Memorial Hospital Pembroke in Pembroke Pines, Fla.
11. Richard McKenzie, DO, was appointed chief medical officer for Littleton (N.H.) Regional Healthcare.
12. Parikshet Babber, MD, was named chief medical officer for San Antonio-based Methodist Healthcare.
13. Jason Mouzakes, MD, was named president and CEO of Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center Hospital.
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