Physician and diabetes researcher Kenneth Polonsky has been named as the new top executive at University of Chicago Medical Center. Polonsky, 59, is scheduled to begin Oct. 1 as executive vice president for medical affairs at the University of Chicago and dean of the division of biological sciences and Pritzker School of Medicine.
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Veteran healthcare administrator John Sullivan, formerly of the Sisters of Mercy Health System, Chesterfield, Mo., has been named president of MedStar Health's Washington Hospital Center.
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North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System named Jennifer Mieres as its first chief diversity and inclusion officer and medical director of its Center for Learning and Innovation, also a newly created role.
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James Pope was named president and CEO of Franciscan Services Corp., the healthcare ministry of the Sisters of St. Francis of Sylvania, Ohio, which sponsors four hospitals in Texas and one in Ohio.
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H.L. Perry Pepper will retire as president and CEO of the Chester County Hospital and Health System, West Chester, Pa., at the end of September.
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Medical products manufacturer Hill-Rom, Batesville, Ind., has appointed Martha Goldberg Aronson senior vice president and president of its North America division.
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The Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance, a Harvard-affiliated public healthcare system, has promoted Gerald Steinberg to the position of chief medical officer.
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The Illinois Hospital Association has hired Kimberly Parker as vice president of federal relations. Parker was chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.) from 2007-08 and for U.S.
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Mission Health System, Asheville, N.C., said it has hired Ronald Paulus to be president and CEO of the 730-bed, four-campus system and its flagship campus, Mission Hospital, Asheville, effective Sept. 1.
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Edwin “Mac” Crawford, former CVS Caremark chairman and CEO of Caremark before its 2007 merger with CVS, announced a healthcare joint venture with WL Ross & Co., a private-equity firm founded by Wilbur Ross Jr.
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By Gregg Blesch / HITS staff writer | July 12, 2010
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William Tierney was named president and CEO of the Regenstrief Institute, an informatics and healthcare research organization affiliated with and located on the campus of Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis. Pending approval from the Indiana University trustees, Tierney also will serve as associate dean for clinical effectiveness research at the medical school, of which he is a graduate.
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Emergency medicine physician Reginald Eadie was named president of Detroit Receiving Hospital, one of six hospitals that are part of Detroit Medical Center.
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David Belkoski has been appointed executive vice president of University Health Care System, Augusta, Ga. Belkoski, 52, will assume the newly created post and will also continue to serve as CFO, a position he has held since 2007, according to a news release.
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