Gainesville-based North Florida Regional Medical Center's CEO Brian Cook was promoted to president of HCA's Henderson, Nev.-based Far West Division, The Gainesville Sun reports.
Leadership
Ravi Chari, MD, will take over as president of HCA's West Florida division beginning May 1.
ASC industry leader, podcaster and author John Goehle of Ambulatory Healthcare Strategies penned a list of seven key traits to look for when recruiting surgery center leaders, owners and governing body members.
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare promoted Monique Poessiger and Kurt Gross to new positions within the company, El Paso Inc. reports.
Retired ophthalmologist Thomas Dale Case, MD, 76, died March 12, MLTNews reports.
Nonprofit vision and healthcare organization Lighthouse Guild awarded Joshua Stein, MD, the 2018 Pisart Award.
A 2017 Medscape survey of 1,153 physicians across more than 25 specialties found the largest percentage of self-employed and employed physicians meet with their clinical staff on a daily or weekly basis.
The Society of Interventional Pain Management Surgery Centers and the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Foundation elected Amol Soin, MD, president.
Shawn Granger, MD, of Leesville, La.-based West State Orthopedics and Sports Medicine was recognized as a Pinnacle Lifetime Member in Orthopedic Medicine by Continental Who's Who.
Thomas Cowhey will serve as Surgery Partners' executive vice president and CFO beginning April 2.
