Here are 22 physicians who have been appointed as hospital or health system CEOs since June 3, as reported by Becker’s:
1. Christopher Longhurst, MD, was selected as the next CEO of Seattle Children’s, the largest pediatric and adolescent academic medical center in the region.
2. Elizabeth McLarney, MD, and Tony Blofson, MD, were named acting co-CEOs of Brattleboro (Vt.) Memorial Hospital while Christopher Dougherty is on a leave of absence.
3. Shelly Kortkamp, MD, was named president and CEO of Lawrence, Kan.-based LMH Health, effective Nov. 10.
4. Patrick McGill, MD, was named president and CEO of Indianapolis-based Community Health Network, effective Jan. 1.
5. Michael Lynch, MD, was named president and CEO of Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, N.H., effective Oct. 13.
6. William LeCates, MD, was named president and CEO of Utica, N.Y.-based Mohawk Valley Health System, effective Oct. 20.
7. Mitchell Rosner, MD, was appointed to a three-year term as CEO of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health and executive vice president for health affairs at the University of Virginia.
8. Craig Albanese, MD, is exiting his role as CEO of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System to become president of integrated care and coverage at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, effective Sept. 29.
9. Guy Hudson, MD, was appointed president and CEO of Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health, effective in mid-October.
10. Nathaniel Beers, MD, was named president and CEO of Blythedale Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, N.Y.
11. Kevin Flanigan, MD, CEO of Warm Springs-based Montana State Hospital, is stepping down after about a year in the role.
12. Daniel Bemporad, DO, was named interim CEO of Warm Springs-based Montana State Hospital, effective July 26.
13. Emily Chapman, MD, was appointed president and CEO of Minneapolis-based Children’s Minnesota, effective Aug. 2.
14. Paari Gopalakrishnan, MD, was named president and CEO of Towson, Md.-based GBMC HealthCare, effective in September.
15. Paul Minardi, MD, executive vice president and CEO of the KP Medical Foundation since 2022, was appointed executive vice president of enterprise clinical integration and growth at Oakland, Calif-based Kaiser Permanente.
16. Mary Beckerle, PhD, plans to step down as CEO of Huntsman Cancer Institute, part of Salt Lake City-based University of Utah Health, effective Sept. 1.
17. Jason Smith, MD, PhD, chief medical officer of Louisville, Ky.-based UofL Health, was appointed interim CEO.
18. Brian Shelmadine, DO, PhD, chief medical officer of Box Butte General Hospital in Alliance, Neb., was named interim CEO.
19. Cam Patterson, MD, chancellor of Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and CEO of UAMS Health, plans to step down due to medical and personal reasons.
20. Richard Becker, MD, was named interim president and CEO of Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y.
21. Abdul Khan, MD, was named CEO of Ochsner River Region, part of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health.
22. Dipen Parekh, MD, was named CEO of the University of Miami Health System and executive vice president for health affairs at the University of Miami.
