Recent Placements

Craig Behm was placed as president and chief executive officer of The Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) and CRISP Shared Services.

Erik Mikaitis, MD, was placed as chief quality officer at Cook County Health, a comprehensive, integrated system of health care throughout Chicago and suburban Cook County.

Amy Whitaker was placed as vice president of supply chain at Mercyhealth in Rockford, Illinois, and Janesville, Wisconsin.

Michael Mathias was placed as chief information officer of Providence Health Plan.

Matt Renn was placed as vice president of finance at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Illinois.

Corey Heller was placed as chief human resources officer at The Christ Hospital Health Network in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Moody Chisholm was placed as president of the South Chicagoland Patient Service Area (PSA) of Advocate Aurora Health, and president of Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois.

QLK congratulates Michael Canning, Patrick Dominick, and Andrew Reimink (with terms beginning January 1, 2022), and Wylecia Wiggs Harris and Anuradha Tripathi (with terms beginning July 1, 2022) on their election as trustees to the Northwest Community Healthcare Foundation Board of Trustees.

Eva Schmidt was placed as director of development at Horizons for Youth in Chicago, IL.

Michelle Patterson was placed as director of development at CARPLS Legal Aid in Chicago, IL. 

Anna Newsom was placed as executive vice president and chief legal officer at Providence in Renton, Washington.

Russell Moore, MD, was placed as director of the internal medicine residency program at Bassett Medical Center

Catherine French was placed as the assistant executive director for advocacy and professional relations at the American Association of Endodontists (AAE).

Berni Szczepanski was placed as chief people officer for FirstHealth of the Carolinas in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

QLK congratulates Kerry Weems and Byron Scott, MD, on their election to the Providence Health Plan Board of Directors.

QLK congratulates Eric Sprunk and Christina Fisher on their election to the Providence Health Board of Directors.

Andre Boyd was placed as vice president and chief operating officer of The Christ Hospital Health Network in Cincinnati, Ohio,

QLK congratulates Michael Levon, Nimesh Jhaveri, Susan Graunke, Maria Thompson, Mukesh Gangwal and Ricardo Knight, MD on their election as members of the Northwest Community Healthcare Board of Directors.

Sonya Aldy was placed as vice president of talent acquisition at Inova, northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider.

QLK partnered with Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH) to facilitate the selection of a new chief medical officer (CMO).

Major (Shawn) Anderson was placed as the vice president of talent acquisition for the greater Charlotte region of Atrium Health (formerly Carolinas HealthCare System) in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Ali Olia was placed as chief information officer (CIO) at Mercyhealth in Rockford, Illinois, and Janesville, Wisconsin.

John Tao, JD, was placed as compliance officer for CountyCare in Chicago, IL. Operated by Cook County Health, a comprehensive, integrated system of health care throughout Chicago and suburban Cook County.

Pamela Cassara was placed as chief financial officer of Cook County Health, a comprehensive, integrated system of health care throughout Chicago and suburban Cook County.

Alen Brcic was placed as the vice president for people and culture at Mercyhealth in Rockford, Illinois.

Karin Wittich was placed as the executive director of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) in Rosemont, Illinois.

Shoeb Sitafalwalla, MD, was appointed chief strategy officer (CSO) for Advocate Aurora Health, a system of 26 hospitals, more than 500 outpatient locations, 8,300 doctors, 22,000 nurses, and 74,000 team members.

Michelle Edwards was placed as the senior vice president and chief experience officer for Providence in Renton, Washington, one of the nation's largest healthcare providers.

Thomas Knight was placed as the president and chief executive officer of First Step of Sarasota, a nonprofit agency that has provided addiction recovery programs since 1967.

Anna Neece was placed as the vice president of perioperative services at Centra Health, a regional, nonprofit, four-hospital healthcare system based in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Ann Polich, MD, MPH, MBA, was placed as the chief medical officer of Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) in La Vista, Nebraska, a 501(c)3 non-profit health information exchange organization that joins healthcare providers, payers, and the State of Nebraska.

Sylvain Trepanier was placed as senior vice president and chief nursing officer of Providence in Renton, Washington, one of the nation's largest healthcare providers.

Waqiah Ellis was placed as the vice president of nursing for community hospitals with WakeMed Health & Hospitals in Raleigh, North Carolina. WakeMed is the leading provider of health services in Wake County and the county's largest health system, with 941 beds in three full-service hospitals, as well as a network of facilities throughout the Triangle area.

Ramesh Sridharan was placed as vice president of interoperability and chief interoperability architect for Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) in La Vista, Nebraska, a 501(c)3 non-profit health information exchange organization that joins healthcare providers, payers, and the State of Nebraska.

James Davis was placed as the vice president of operations for physician practices and clinical services at Mercyhealth in Rockford, Illinois.

Paul Hakenkamp was placed as the chief operating officer of Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) in La Vista, Nebraska, a 501(c)3 non-profit health information exchange organization that joins healthcare providers, payers, and the State of Nebraska.

Leo Garcia was placed as the chief technology information officer for Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) in La Vista, Nebraska, a 501(c)3 non-profit health information exchange organization that joins healthcare providers, payers, and the State of Nebraska.

Jonathan Goldberg was placed as executive vice president and chief information officer of Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare, a three-hospital integrated health system that provides comprehensive healthcare through more than 50 locations across a service area of over two million residents in the west and southwest suburbs of Chicago.

Daniel Gandarilla was placed as senior vice president and chief talent officer for Atrium Health (formerly Carolinas HealthCare System) in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Michael Mutterer was placed as vice president and chief nursing officer of Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Illinois.

Michelle Blakely, PhD, was placed as the president of Aurora Medical Center in Grafton, Wisconsin.

Holly Schmidtke was placed as the president of Aurora West Allis Medical Center in West Allis, Wisconsin.

Sheri De Shazo was placed as the president of Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin, Illinois. 

David Wesner was placed as the vice president of human resources for Endotronix in Lisle, Illinois.

Michael Brewer was placed as the vice president of enterprise portfolio management for Terumo Cardiovascular Group in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Daniel Varga, MD, was placed as the chief physician executive at Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) in Edison, New Jersey. The 4,300-bed not-for-profit healthcare organization is the largest, most comprehensive and integrated healthcare network in New Jersey, reaching two-thirds of the state through its 17 hospitals, 7,200 physicians, 33,570 employees, and 500 patient care locations.

Kelsea Henry was placed as the chief financial officer of White Mountain Regional Medical Center in Springerville, Arizona, a 21-bed, non-profit critical access hospital with a Level IV trauma center and certification in pediatric emergency medicine.

Janel Allen was placed as the chief human resources officer for Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, a 145-bed, non-profit, independent children's hospital. CHMC is the only full-service pediatric specialty healthcare center in Nebraska, home to the only dedicated pediatric emergency department in the region and the only pediatric trauma center and Level IV regional NICU in the state.

Lorraine (Lori) Egger was placed as the inaugural chief administrative officer of the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) in La Vista, Nebraska, a 501(c)3 non-profit health information exchange organization that joins healthcare providers, payers, and the State of Nebraska.

Meghan Chaffee, JD, was placed as corporate legal counsel for the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) in La Vista, Nebraska, a 501(c)3 non-profit health information exchange organization that joins healthcare providers, payers, and the State of Nebraska.

Marc Hoffman, MD, was placed as the chief science and medical officer of Rockwell Medical, Inc. in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Ron Holder was placed as the chief operating officer of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) in Englewood, Colorado.

Michelle Adamolekun was placed as the chief human resources officer of New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Patrick Ferguson was placed as the senior vice president of global commercial operations for Terumo Cardiovascular Group in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Terumo Corporation is one of the largest medical device manufacturers in the world, headquartered in Tokyo and serving over 160 countries.

Leelee Thames, MD, was placed as the inaugural chief value officer for New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Joseph "West" Paul, MD, PhD, was placed as the inaugural chief clinical officer for New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Jacqueline Burgess-Bishop was placed as the chief executive officer of the National Kidney Foundation of Illinois.

Karen Harris was placed as senior vice president and general counsel for the Illinois Health and Hospital Association.

Patrick Herguth was placed as the chief executive officer of Mynd Analytics in Mission Viejo, California.

B.J. Moore was placed as executive vice president and chief information officer of Providence St. Joseph Health in Renton, Washington.  

Peter Bresler was placed as the vice president of digital performance for AVIA in Chicago, Illinois.

Akash Madiah was placed as the chief financial officer of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA).

K. Michael Nichols was placed as the associate vice president of reimbursement at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Andrea Oser was placed as the vice president of healthcare services for SP+ in Chicago, a diverse provider of professional parking, ground transportation, facility maintenance, security, and event logistics services to real estate owners and managers in a wide array of markets.

Richard Flores was placed as the director of managed care contracting for UNITE HERE HEALTH, a mission-driven Taft-Hartley Trust Fund. The Fund's health plan serves more than 220,000 union workers and their families in the hospitality, food service, and gaming industries through national, multi-state benefit plans.

Jennifer Carron was placed as the executive director of patient experience at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, the largest hospital in Missouri and the largest private employer in the St. Louis region.

Charity Shaw-Moyado was placed as a regional director with UNITE HERE HEALTH, a mission-driven Taft-Hartley Trust Fund. The health plan serves more than 220,000 union workers and their families through national, multi-state benefit plans.

Rashard Johnson was placed as the president of the 205-bed Advocate Trinity Hospital in southeast Chicago and the 231-bed Advocate South Suburban Hospital in suburban Hazel Crest – both part of the newly merged Advocate Aurora Health system.

Jennifer Hawks Bland, JD was placed as the Chief Executive Officer of NewYorkBIO in New York City.

Tiosha Bailey was placed as the Executive Director of the Chicago affiliate of Susan G. Komen.

John Flavin was placed as the Chief Financial Officer of Endotronix in Lisle, Illinois.

Karen Davis, PhD, was placed as Associate Vice President & Chief Nursing Executive at Strong Memorial Hospital and Highland Hospital, and as Assistant Dean for the University of Rochester School of Nursing.

Robert Fortney was placed as the Chief Nursing Officer at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru, Illinois.

Frank Sawyer was placed as the Senior Vice President of Operations at St. Joseph Mercy Oakland in Pontiac, Michigan.

Jesse Jantzen was placed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lutheran Life Communities.

Joan Lukens Ormsby was placed as the Chief Operating Officer of Mercy Hospital and Medical Center.

David Pugach was placed as the Senior Vice President of Public Policy at the American Osteopathic Association.

Ellen Cleary was placed as the Director of Surgical Services for Centegra Health System in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Randall Moore was placed as the Chief Executive Officer of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists in Park Ridge, Illinois.

Daniel Williams, DO, was placed as the Vice President of Certifying Board Services, Psychometrics, and Continuing Medical Education for the American Osteopathic Association in Chicago.

Patrick Brophy, MD, was placed as the William H. Eilinger Professor and Chair in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

John Wilcox was placed as the Chief Information Officer at Morris Hospital and Healthcare Centers in Morris, Illinois.

Elie Bahou, PharmD, was placed as the Chief Pharmacy Officer for Providence St. Joseph Health in Renton, Washington.

Hochang Benjamin Lee, MD was placed as the Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York.

Phillip Kaufman was placed as the Associate Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

Eric Blair Johnson was placed as the senior director of human resource operations for Sanford Health System in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Ann Marie Madden was placed as the chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care services for Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Venkat Bhamidipati was placed as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of Providence St. Joseph Health in Renton, Washington.

Vinay Bhargava, PharmD, was placed as the chief pharmacy officer of UNITE HERE HEALTH.

Alan Turfe was placed as the chairman and chief executive officer of J M Smith Corporation in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Saul Factor, RPh to head pharmacy software solutions leader.

Regina Bergh was placed as the vice president of finance for Sanford Health Plan in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Jeffrey Brillhart was placed as senior vice president and chief financial officer for Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina.

Kevin Joseph, MD was placed as the chief quality officer for TriHealth in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Angela Sersha was selected for the role of executive director of legal services for Sanford Health System's Bismarck market in North Dakota.

Melissa Sears was selected for the role of senior vice president and chief marketing and communications officer for Rochester Regional Health System in Rochester, New York.

Stephen J. Lawler was placed as the president of the North Carolina Hospital Association in Raleigh.

Lynn Gordon was placed as general counsel for New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Kevin Adams was placed as the associate vice president for strategic execution and eHealth at Navicent Health in Macon, Georgia.

Tracey Crandall was placed as the vice president of human resources for Methodist Hospitals, Inc. in Gary, Indiana.

Kim Fitzsimmons was placed as the assistant executive director of marketing and communications for the American Association of Endodontists in Chicago.

Earl Barnes was placed as senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary for Advocate Health Care in Downers Grove, Illinois.

Shawn Roark was placed as the vice president of payer strategy for Edward-Elmhurst Health in Naperville, Illinois, and as the president of Illinois Health Partners.

Brian Lannie Checketts was placed as the chief financial officer of Saint Alphonsus Health System in Boise, Idaho.

David Gross was placed as the senior vice president for government relations with the Illinois Health and Hospital Association.

Matthew Peddie was placed as the chief information officer of Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center in Suffolk County, New York.

Chad Towner was placed as the chief executive officer of Saint Joseph Health System in Mishawaka, Indiana.

Thomas Tracy, Jr., MD was placed as the chief medical officer at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Kelly Borders Loftin was placed as the director of major gifts at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Dean Pollnow, MD was placed as the chief medical officer at Holy Family Memorial in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

Stephen Saffa was placed as the executive human resources business partner for the Fargo (ND) market of Sanford Health.

Michael Dwyer was placed as the executive vice president for strategy and community health at PeaceHealth, a Vancouver, Washington-based health system.

Mark Kaiser was placed as the head of business development at MATTER, a Chicago-based business incubator uniquely designed to address and transform major challenges and opportunities in health care.

Kirk Jenkins was placed as the senior vice president of the physician network at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina

Kimberly Sidora-Arcoleo, PhD, was placed as the associate dean for research and scholarship at the University of Rochester School of Nursing in Rochester, New York.

Timothy Byrne was placed as the chief operating officer for Sanford Health Plan, part of the Sanford Health system in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Bradley Reach, CPA, was placed as the chief financial officer of Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru, Illinois.

John Konicek was placed as the executive director of compensation and benefits at Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Health Network.

Allison Romer was placed as the chief of strategic alliances at the American College of Healthcare Executives in Chicago, Illinois.

John Gilbreath was placed as the senior director of business services for Union Health System Medical Group in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Kirk Larson was placed as the senior vice president and associate chief information officer for Rochester Regional Health in Rochester, New York.

Terika Richardson was placed as the president of Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.

Reza Kaleel was placed as the chief executive officer of Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Washington.

Darren Walker was placed as the vice president of business solutions at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Brad Schoenfelder was placed as the vice president of human resources shared services for Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Charles Levine has been placed as the vice president of provider network management at Premera Blue Cross in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.

James Kolka, DO, was placed as the chief medical officer at Norwegian American Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.

Brian Smith was placed as the vice president of human resources at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina.

Clint Graybill was placed as the vice president of post-acute care for Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Kenneth Widelka was placed as the executive director of the American Association of Endodontists in Chicago, Illinois.

Eric Rhodes was placed as the senior vice president of professional and administrative services for Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Mary LaFrancois was placed as the regional chief human resources officer for Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio.

James Blazar was placed as the executive vice president and chief strategy officer for Hackensack University Health Network in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Michael Davenport, MD was placed as the chief medical officer of Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Gavin Farry was placed as the senior vice president of business operations and chief financial officer for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in Chicago, Illinois.

Kirk Zimmer was placed as the president of Sanford Health Plan in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a community-based, non-profit health insurance organization that was founded in 1998 by Sanford Health.

Nancy Stinson Harris was placed as the national vice president of corporate partnerships for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Michael Cotton was placed as the chief executive officer of Providence Health Plan in Portland, Oregon, part of the integrated delivery system of Providence Health & Services.

John Smithhisler was placed as the senior vice president for hospital and ambulatory services at AMITA Health.

Donald Williamson, MD was placed as the president and chief executive officer of the Alabama Hospital Association.

Amy Compton-Phillips, MD was placed as executive vice president and chief clinical officer for Providence Health & Services in Portland, Oregon.

David Bruce was placed as the chief financial officer of Erie Family Health Center in Chicago.

Unhee Kim was placed as the president and chief operating officer of St. Ann's Hospital in Westerville, Ohio.

Deborah Morrin was placed as the chief financial officer of Activate Healthcare in Indianapolis.

Maryann Reese was placed as the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Saint Francis Healthcare System in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Thomas DeBord was placed as the chief operating officer of Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue, Washington.

Anthony LoDuca was placed as the president and chief executive officer of Villa St. Francis in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Michael Waldrum, MD has been appointed the president and chief executive officer of Vidant Health in Greenville, North Carolina.

Joseph Kuruc was placed as the vice president of internal audit for the Jackson Health System in Miami, Florida.

Calvin Williams was placed as the vice president of administrative services for the University of South Florida in Tampa.

Rhonda M. Medows, MD has been appointed the executive vice president in charge of population health for Providence Health & Services, Oregon Region.

Jeffrey Foreman, RPh, was placed as the president of Smith Drug Company in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Craig Williams, MBA, was placed as the chief operating officer of Elliot Health System.

Abraham Thomas, MD, MPH was appointed senior vice president and chair of medicine at Lutheran HealthCare. 

John Jay Shannon, MD was named CEO of the Cook County Health & Hospitals System.

Eric Bieber, MD has been named president and CEO of Rochester Regional Health System.

Richard Adcock was named executive vice president for Sanford Health System.

Ed Carne has been appointed as the chief executive officer of Union Health System's medical group in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Angie Mannino has been named chief people and culture officer at Baptist Health in Louisville, Kentucky.

J. Michael (Mike) Marsh has been named chief executive officer of Overlake Hospital Medical Center (OHMC) in Bellevue, Washington.

James Woodward was recently placed as president and CEO at Elliot Health System in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Timothy Jahn, MD, FACEP, FAAEM was recently placed at Baptist Health as the chief clinical officer. 

Charles Lockwood, MD, MHCM has been placed as the CEO for University of South Florida Health and dean for the University of South Florida. 

Luke McGuinness has been appointed as the president and chief executive officer of Health Quest Systems, Inc.

Leslie M. Stokes has recently been placed at the American Medical Association as senior vice president of physician engagement.

Michael Wukitsch, SPHR has been named executive vice president for human resources of Cadence Health.