The offices of several state attorneys general said they had fielded complaints about career counseling companies during this recession, according to an article in the New York Times. Many of the companies do little more than provide ordinary job search assistance, and while this can be a legitimate and useful service much of it can be obtained more cheaply, according to the Times.
HCA Virginia has appointed Dia Nichols as CEO of John Randolph Medical Center. He replaces Elwood Boone, Jr. who left in April to take a new position with HCA in Texas. Nichols returns to John Randolph where he served as COO from 2004-2006. Most recently, Nichols was COO of CJW Medical Center's Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, VA.
Fleming County Hospital's board of trustees elected Davie Lloyd as the hospital's next CEO. She was selected from three finalist candidates that all met Hospital Board criteria. She began work on Aug. 10 and succeeds Ron Vigus, who has served as interim CEO since early May.
Children's Hospital Oakland CEO Frank Tiedemann has left the hospital, and longtime research director Bert Lubin, MD, was named as the interim leader. Hospital officials did not say what led to Tiedemann's departure. His tenure since joining Children's in early 2005, however, was marked by a failed bond issue and consistent rumors that the 2,600-employee, 200-doctor institution wanted to move out of Oakland. Lubin has been at Children's since 1971 and has been instrumental in building Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute.
Michael J. Palumbo, MD, recently was named executive vice president/medical director at White Plains Hospital Center. Palumbo joined the hospital in July 2005 as the founding medical director of the Adult Hospitalist Program. Palumbo previously operated a private practice of internal medicine in Manhattan from 1990 to 2005.
John McCabe, MD, an emergency physician who has served in various key leadership positions at Upstate Medical University during his 22 year association with the university, has been named CEO of University Hospital and senior vice president for hospital affairs, effective immediately. McCabe has served as interim chief executive officer since June 1.