2014, 2015 - Members On The Move

MEMBERS ON THE MOVE

Dr. Suzet McKinney

IMDC Announces New Executive Director (September 2015)
The Illinois Medical District Commission (IMDC) announced on Wednesday, that Dr. Suzet McKinney will serve as the new Executive Director effective September 21, 2015. Amongst other responsibilities, Dr. McKinney will be charged with continuation of the 2012 strategic plan created with Illinois Medical District (IMD) stakeholders and the Boston Consulting Group which prioritizes the... Read More.

IMD&U - September 2015

Congratulations Ruth and Patricia! (June 2015)
It is with great honor to announce Ruth Brinkley, CEO of KentuckyOne Health and Patricia Maryland, President of Health Care Operations and COO at Ascension Health have been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the "Top 25 Women in Healthcare".

Each year, Modern Healthcare and the Furst Group honor women who have demonstrated exceptional leadership within the industry and within their respective communities.
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Patricia Maryland, President of Health Care Operations and COO at Ascension Health

Ruth Brinkley, CEO of KentuckyOne Health

Congratulations on being selected to The Kansas City Globe’s Society of Influentials. The list of all of the 2015 Lifetime and 100 Most Influential honorees appeared in the March 19, 2015 issue of The Kansas City Globe. You now join a distinguished society of hundreds of Kansas Citians that this newspaper has honored through the years.
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Congratulations to Brian M. Wofford, Vice President (July 2015)

Brian Wofford was recently promoted to Vice President, Medicine, Surgery & Critical Care at Duke University Hospital in Durham, North Carolina.

Memorial Hermann Announces Senior Vice President and CEO for New Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital
(July 2015)

Mario Garner, Ed.D,. FACHE is the first Senior Vice President and CEO of Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital. Mario was recently named the Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by ACHE and will join Memorial Hermann on August 17, 2015. Congratulations Mario!
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2nd Annual Top Blacks In Healthcare Awards Honorees BlackDoctor.org

Renee S. Frazier, MHSA, FACHE.
Renee' is the Chief Executive Officer at Common Table Health Alliance in Memphis, TN. Renee' has been a member of NAHSE since 1983 and served as the National Secretary 2011-2013 and was the founding President of the Baltimore Chapter in the late 1980s. Read more

BlackDoctor.org 2nd Annual Top Blacks In Healthcare Awards Honorees (April 2014)

Suzanne Beauvoir-Jackson, FACHE.
Suzanne is the Chief Executive Officer at John Randolph Medical Center, a HCA hospital in Hopewell, VA. Suzanne has been a NAHSE member for a number of years and was recently honored at the NAHSE Washington Metropolitan Area chapter with the Distinguished Female Healthcare Leader Award and has been appointed as ACHE District 2s Regent at Large in 2015. Read More

2015 Senior Executive is James A. Nixon, FACHE. James is the Vice President of Administrative & Clinical Services at Tift Regional Health System. James served on the 2014 Sponsorship Committee for the Annual Educational Conference. (March 2014)

2015 Executive is Lieutenant Anthony B. Coleman, Medical Service Corps - U.S. Navy. Anthony is the Chief Financial Officer & Director of Resource Management at the Naval Hospital Beaufort. Anthony is currently serving on the NAHSE Finance Committee. (March 2014)

Kevin E. Lofton, FACHE, and CEO of Catholic Health Initiatives, Englewood, CO is a recipient of the Gold Medal Award (February 2014)

Kevin E. Lofton, FACHE, and CEO of Catholic Health Initiatives, Englewood, CO is a recipient of the Gold Medal Award. The Gold Medal Award is ACHE's highest honor bestowed on outstanding leaders. The Gold Medal Award recognizes individuals who go beyond the confines of their own organization to continually contribute to the improvement of healthcare services and community health. Kevin will receive his award on Monday, March 16, 2015 at the Opening Session during ACHE's 58th Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago, IL.
http://www.catholichealthinit.org/kevin-e-lofton-fache

Mario J. Garner is a recipient of the Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year (February 2014)

Mario J. Garner, EdD, FACHE, President and CEO of New Orleans East Hospital, New Orleans, LA is the recipient of the Robert S. Hudgens Memorial Award for Young Healthcare Executive of the Year. Mario won this award for outstanding achievement in the field of healthcare management. This award is given to an exceptional healthcare executive who is younger than 40 years old, is a Fellow of ACHE and holds a CEO or COO position in a healthcare organization. Mario will receive his award on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the Malcom T. MacEachern Memorial Lecture and Luncheon during ACHE's 58th Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago, IL.
http://noehospital.org/main/inside.php?page=leadership_team

Sherri Peavy named Chief Operations Officer at University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System (October 2014)

Sherri Peavy is named COO at University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System at the Mile Square Health Center on the near west side of Chicago. Congratulations Sherri!

http://hospital.uillinois.edu/

Steven Wilson named vice president of sales and marketing at U.S. Drug Testing Laboratories Inc. (December 2014)

Crain's Health Care headlines
UNITED STATES DRUG TESTING LABORATORIES INC., Des Plaines: Steven Wilson, to vice president of sales and marketing, from regional sales executive at PhenoPath, in Seattle.
www.usdtl.com

Herbert C. Buchanan, Jr. (June 2014)

New president appointed for IU Health Methodist and University hospitals Herbert C. Buchanan, Jr. has been appointed as the new president of both IU Health Methodist and University hospitals.

6/19/2014 | Indianapolis--Herbert C. Buchanan, Jr. will join Indiana University Healthas president of both IU Health Methodist Hospital and IU Health University Hospital effective Monday, July 7. He brings more than 25 years of healthcare leadership experience to the position....read more on Herbert

Eugene Woods named Chief Operating Officer at CHRISTUS Health (February 2014)

Eugene A. Woods is the executive vice president and COO of CHRISTUS Health in Irving, Texas, a position he has held since June 2011. He is responsible for overseeing acute, post-acute and international operations for all of CHRISTUS Health’s regions in the U.S. and Mexico. CHRISTUS is a health system of more than 50 hospitals and long-term care facilities, with 175 clinics and outpatient centers, and 30,000 associates.
www.christushealth.org/

Cheri Wilson Named in Diversity MBA Magazine (September 2014)

NAHSE's National Public Policy Committee Co-Chair, Cheri C. Wilson, MA, MHS, CPHQ, Assistant Scientist and Program Director, at Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions has been named to Diversity MBA Magazine's list of Top 100 under 50 Diverse Emerging Leaders for 2014. Cheri was selected from a pool of 300 excellent candidates!

Cheri will be featured in an article in The September 2014 Top 100 under 50 issue of Diversity MBA Magazine along with 99 other talented professionals who have made a tremendous impact on leadership in their companies and communities.

To further celebrate her outstanding achievement, Cheri will be honored and presented an award to acknowledge her hard work and achievements on September 18, 2014 at the Doubletree by Hilton, Oak Brook, Illinois.

To read this article in full detail, please visit www.diversitymbamagazine.com. Please join NAHSE in congratulating Cheri Wilson of this esteemed accomplishment!