January 5, 2008

Trustees at Phillipsburg, NJ-based Warren Hospital have selected Thomas Litz as the next president and CEO. Litz will succeed Jeffrey Goodwin, who retired. Litz began work at the Roseberry Street hospital this week. Litz has worked around the country, including stints as chief executive of hospitals in Rochester, NY, and Birmingham, AL. Most recently, Litz served as corporate vice president of Integris Health in Oklahoma City. +

HCA's Northside Hospital & Tampa Bay Heart Institute have named Stephen Daugherty as CEO. Daugherty joins the Northside team from South Bay Hospital in Sun City Center where he has served as CEO for nearly three years. His career with HCA spans almost two decades. His new role as CEO at Northside Hospital & Tampa Bay Heart Institute will establish his responsibilities to include medical and professional staff development, budgetary oversight, organizational strategy improvements and day-to-day facility operations. +

Longtime hospital employee Bob Miller has been appointed COO of St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Belleville, IL. He first began working at the hospital part time as a housekeeping aide in 1974. He returned to the hospital in 1987 to work as a supervisor of Central Services. In 1998, he was named director of human resources and was promoted to administrative director of human resources in 2003. +