Approximately 300 people attended the Hickman County, TN, medical mission, run by Saint Thomas Health Services, this past weekend. More than 100 volunteer doctors, nurses, technicians and other medical personnel offered free healthcare at the mission. Organizers say the event, the third in the last 18 months, is part of Saint Thomas' mission to treat the sick in God's name.
Dean Swindle has been named CFO/executive vice president at Catholic Health Initiatives, the nation's second-largest Catholic health system, with 72 hospitals in 18 states and annual revenues of approximately $8.6 billion. He will join CHI on May 17. Dean is currently with Novant Health System, Winston Salem, NC, which operates 12 hospitals, 350 physician clinics, and 130 ambulatory sites over a four-state region. He has been the system's CFO for more than 10 years.
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center has named Laurie Hair the new CFO. Hair served the past three years as CEO at Flint River Hospital in Montezuma, GA, after serving as the CFO the previous four years at the same hospital.
Saad Ehtisham has been named CEO of University Medical Center. Ehtisham most recently served as senior vice president clinical operations/CNO of Via Christi Wichita Health Network, a 1,150-bed not-for-profit Catholic Health Care Network in Wichita, KS.
Ford Titus, president/CEO of Waukesha-based ProHealth Care, intends to retire April 25, 2011—his 65th birthday, the company said. During Titus' 42 years with ProHealth Care, he served in a number of leadership positions, the organization has grown in size and scope. Its Waukesha Memorial Hospital has grown to become the third-largest hospital in the Milwaukee area. The search for Titus' successor will begin immediately and will be managed by Korn/Ferry International, ProHealth Care said.
Terre Haute Regional Hospital's board of trustees has unanimously elected Brian Bauer as the hospital's new CEO. Bauer was named interim CEO in mid-February when Chris Hill resigned that position. Bauer joined Regional Hospital in May 2005. Since then, he has served as manager of managed care, hospital controller, and CFO.