Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., selected as president and CEO of Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees that it has elected Farrugia to succeed John Noseworthy, M.D., as president and CEO of the Mayo Clinic. Farrugia is the vice president of the Mayo Clinic and CEO of Mayo Clinic in Florida. Noseworthy remains president and CEO through his retirement at the end of the year.

Michael Apkon, M.D., named CEO of Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Tufts Medical Center’s Board of Trustees that Apkon will start as the new CEO this fall. Currently, he serves as president and CEO for The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. 

James Linder, M.D., appointed CEO of Nebraska Medicine in Omaha. The Nebraska Medicine board of directors that Linder will replace Dan DeBehnke as CEO. Linder has served as a member of the hospital staff for many years as a practicing pathologist. 

Caitlin Beck Stella appointed CEO of Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. The hospital that Stella replaced Chantal Leconte as CEO in July. Previously, Stella served as chief administrative officer for UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and Women’s Health in Los Angeles.

Sherry Perkins, M.D., Named President and CEO of UM Capital Region Health in Cheverly, Md. UM Capital Region Health that Perkins was selected to serve as president and CEO. Most recently, she served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of UM Capital Region Health. 

Leigh Sewell named CEO of Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center, Bon Secours Richmond Community Hospital and Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing in Virginia. Sewell will start in these effective Sept. 5. Most recently, she served as senior vice president of strategic operations for Bon Secours Virginia. 

Mark Holyoak named CEO of Wilson Medical Center in N.C. The medical center  that Holyoak has been named CEO effective Sept. 10. Previously, he served as CEO of Castleview Hospital, a LifePoint Health facility, located in Price, Utah.

Related News Articles

Headline
A Q&A in the latest edition of AHA Trustee Insights highlights how boards value the perspective of nurses. Experts interviewed include Kimberly Cleveland,…
Headline
Claire Zangerle, DNP, R.N., chief executive officer of the American Organization for Nursing Leadership and senior vice president and chief nurse executive of…
Headline
The AHA and dozens of other organizations yesterday urged House and Senate sponsors of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act to…
Headline
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Justice yesterday announced the release of two documents warning against unlawful…
Headline
In this conversation, Mindy Estes, M.D., former CEO of Saint Luke's Health System and former AHA board chair, and Roxanna Gapstur, R.N., CEO of WellSpan Health…
Headline
A study published Feb. 26 by JAMA Psychiatry found that female physicians died by suicide at more than 1.5 times the rate of female nonphysicians from 2017-…