Sarnova, the distributor of healthcare products in the emergency medical services, respiratory and surgical markets, has named Craig T. Davenport CEO. Davenport most recently served as chairman, CEO and president of Endocare, Inc. His appointment follows the creation of Sarnova earlier this year through the merger of two leading distributors of specialty healthcare products: Tri-anim Health Services, Inc. and Bound Tree Medical.
Deborah Gac has been appointed senior vice president of human resources at City of Hope. Gac was previously executive director of human resources operations at Scripps Health in San Diego. City of Hope employs nearly 3,500 people. Gac will oversee all employee recruitment and retention, ensuring competitive benefits and bolstering the organization?s infrastructure through staff development programs.
Manuel P. Anton III, MD, has been appointed COO of Mercy Hospital in Miami. Anton has served as the senior vice president and medical director of Mercy Hospital for the past seven years. In his new role, Dr. Anton will manage all areas of the hospital's operation, including patient care and physician relations.
Richard A. Norling will retire as president and CEO of Premier Inc., the nationwide healthcare alliance, on June 30, 2009, the end of his current contract term. A process is under way to have a successor identified well before then and ensure a smooth transition, said Premier Board Chair Lowell C. Kruse, president and CEO of Heartland Health in St. Joseph, MO. Norling has been planning for his eventual retirement for some time.
For the past year, Paul Levy, president of Boston-based Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has more than ever before staked his reputation on transparency, particularly about medical errors inside the teaching hospital. The stance has won him praise in some quarters and, in recent months, has sorely tested him as well.
Since 2000, Lloyd Dean has been chief executive officer of Catholic Healthcare West, a 41-hospital network based in San Francisco that is the country's eighth-largest hospital system. In this interview with the San Francisco Chronicle, Dean discusses the potential of healthcare reform in light of the presidential election and current economic crisis, restrictions associated with Catholic healthcare and other issues affecting the health industry and not-for-profit health systems.