Here are 13 chief medical officer appointments and exits that occurred in October, as reported by Becker’s:
1. Nicole Salow, MD, was named the inaugural chief medical officer of Manchester, Iowa-based Regional Medical Center.
2. Trisa Danz, MD, was named chief medical officer of Wausau, Wis.-based North Central Health Care.
3. Leon Bass, MD, was named chief medical officer of three Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health hospitals: Franklin Woods Community Hospital in Johnson City, Johnson County Community Hospital in Mountain City, Tenn., and Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton, Tenn.
4. Chase Samsel, MD, was named vice president and chief medical officer of Bradley Hospital in East Providence, R.I., part of Brown University Health.
5. Peter Watson, MD, is now chief medical officer of the Henry Ford Employee Health Plan and chief medical officer of clinical value for the Henry Ford Medical Group.
6. Minal Shah, MD, was named chief medical information officer of Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services.
7. Jeremy Gardner, MD, was named chief medical officer of Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System.
8. Barry Jenkins, MD, was named chief medical officer of Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System.
9. William Potter, MD, was named chief medical officer of the southern market at Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System.
10. Evgenia Slavcheva, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital in Fort Walton Beach.
11. Rami Hazzi, MD, was named vice president and chief medical officer of Cleveland Clinic Euclid (Ohio) Hospital.
12. Syed Hussain, MD, was named chief medical officer of Henry Ford Jackson (Mich.) Hospital.
13. Patsy McNeil, MD, will depart as executive vice president and system chief medical officer of Gaithersburg, Md.-based Adventist HealthCare on Nov. 6. Dr. McNeil will join Newport News, Va.-based Riverside Health as executive vice president and chief clinical operations officer in December.
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