Orlando Health's Board of Directors has selected Sherrie Sitarik as the next president/CEO. Sitarik will succeed John Hillenmeyer, whose retirement becomes effective the end of the year. Sitarik has served as executive vice president/chief strategy officer for Orlando Health since 2008.
San Juan Regional Medical Center has named Rick Wallace as the hospital's new president/CEO. Wallace replaces Steve Altmiller, who resigned in July 2009 to take a similar position at a larger hospital in Mississippi. Wallace is the CEO of St. Mary's Medical Center in Enid, OK. Wallace begins his tenure on March 8.
Oncure Medical Corp., a national network of cancer treatment centers, has appointed Duane Choate as president/CEO. Choate, previously Oncure's executive vice president/CFO, joined the company in 2007 and succeeds David Chernow.
Beaumont Hospitals President/CEO Kenneth J. Matzick has announced his retirement effective May 31 after 41 years, the last five as CEO. Beaumont's Board of Directors has appointed Gene Michalski, executive vice president/COO, as Beaumont's new president and CEO effective June 1.
A military commander with technology experience has been named vice president and chief information officer for Wellmont Health System. Kent Petty, 45, has worked for Wellmont on a contract basis since August on computerized provider order entry and electronic medical records. Petty is a commander in the Navy Reserves and most recently worked for Marriott International.
White House adviser Nancy-Ann DeParle said she thinks Democrats will secure enough votes on the health reform measure and signaled that the administration could be moving toward trying to pass it along party lines, the Washington Post reports. Increasingly, the White House appears to favor having the House pass a version of the measure that cleared the Senate with 60 votes in December. The Senate would then pass changes to the bill to satisfy some demands of House Democrats. That Senate vote would take place under a parliamentary procedure known as reconciliation, the Post reports.