12 executives moves from May

April showers have brought May executives. See our list of top executive moves below:

1.      Rick Stevens has been announced as the new president of Christian Hospital.

2.      Saint Francis Healthcare's has announced Audrey Gregory as the new chief executive officer for the Memphis market after leading a Tenet Healthcare Corp. hospital in California.

3.      Elliot Health System CEO Jim Woodward is leaving his post in mid-July.

4.      athenahealth's current Vice President and Controller Karl Stubelis is being promoted to senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) while athenahealth launches a search for a senior vice president of talent and culture.

5.      Sam Brasch, who worked at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente Ventures from 2011 to 2014, has rejoined the health giant's venture capital unit as senior managing director, according the San Francisco Business Times.

6.      Thomas "Tim" Stover, MD, president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic Akron (Ohio) General, has retired, the Akron Beacon Journal reports.

7.      Audrey Gregory, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, has been named CEO of Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis in Tennessee.

8.      Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical Center has named Mohan Suntha, MD, president and CEO, effective September 1.

9.      Mercy Health has hired Jeffrey Carr, an expert on launching new businesses, as the hospital system’s first chief innovation officer.

10.    Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Hospital has appointed Redonda Miller, MD, its first female president in its 125-year history.

11.    NYC Health & Hospitals named Anthony Rajkumar CEO and Mei Kong, MSN, RN, COO of Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y.

12.    Darrell K. Terry, Sr., MHA, MPH, FACHE has been named President and Chief Executive Officer for Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBI) and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey (CHoNJ) in Newark, N.J.

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Cara Livernois, News Writer

Cara joined TriMed Media in 2016 and is currently a Senior Writer for Clinical Innovation & Technology. Originating from Detroit, Michigan, she holds a Bachelors in Health Communications from Grand Valley State University.

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