For-profit hospital operators have made leadership moves across all levels in 2026 — from individual hospitals to regional divisions and corporate roles.

So far this year, several notable appointments and transitions have taken place.

Here are 78 for-profit hospital executive moves that have been announced or completed in 2026:

Editor’s note: This roundup was created Jan. 22 and will continue to be updated.

Ardent Health (Brentwood, Tenn.)

1. Ethan Chernin is no longer president of hospital services at Ardent Health, effective March 24.

2. Carolyn Schneider, CHRO of Ardent Health, retired.

Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.)

3. Justin Serrano was named CEO of Physicians Regional Healthcare System’s Collier Boulevard campus in Naples, Fla. The organization is part of CHS.

HCA Healthcare (Nashville, Tenn.)

4. Anjelis Oliveira, PhD, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Sebring-based HCA Florida Highlands Hospital.

5. Tom McKeon was appointed vice president of human resources at HCA Florida Ocala Hospital and HCA Florida West Marion Hospital in Ocala.

6. Yovela Salazar was appointed assistant CFO at HCA Florida Ocala Hospital.

7. Chinsia Francis-Hill, MSN, RN, was appointed assistant chief nursing officer at HCA Florida West Marion Hospital.

8. Kavita Gangaram was appointed financial controller at HCA Florida West Marion Hospital.

9. Joe Britner was appointed CEO of HCA Florida Woodmont Hospital in Tamarac.

10. Henry Capote was appointed CEO of HCA Florida Highlands Hospital in Sebring.

11. Taylor Sawyer was named COO of HCA’s TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville.

12. Sandi Gill, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Medical City Plano in Texas, part of HCA.

13. Andy Leveque was named regional vice president of human resources for Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare, part of HCA.

14. Sarah Bryant was named vice president and chief nursing transformation officer for HCA.

15. Sherri Hess, vice president and chief nursing informatics officer for HCA, is retiring.

16. Cory Mead was named CEO of HCA Florida Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee.

17. Francis Tezanos was named CFO of HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball (Texas).

18. Alex Masmela, BSN, RN, was named CEO of HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee.

19. Ryan LeMasters was named CEO of TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna, Tenn.

20. Olivia Velasquez was named COO of HCA Florida Sarasota Doctors Hospital.

21. Eram Ahmed was appointed assistant CFO of HCA Florida Englewood Hospital.

22. Zane Evans was appointed CFO of HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital.

23. Tyler Grajeda was named vice president of operations for HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood (Texas).

24. German Galaso was appointed chief development officer at Wichita, Kan.-based Wesley Healthcare, part of HCA.

25. Dan Astleford was appointed CEO of HCA’s Belton (Mo.) Regional Medical Center.

26. Edith Silva-Gotay was named vice president of human resources at HCA Florida Poinciana Hospital.

27. Brian Melear, RN, CEO of HCA Florida Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee, retired after nearly 27 years with the hospital.

28. Nicole Garlinghouse was appointed CFO of HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce.

29. Lori Feltner, MSN, was appointed chief nursing officer of HCA’s TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center in Smyrna, Tenn.

30. Natalie Whitmer, COO of HCA’s TriStar Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., stepped down from her role. Ms. Whitmer has joined Arlington-based Texas Health Resources as COO of Texas Health Fort Worth.

31. Dena Caltrider was named vice president of operations for HCA Florida Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee.

32. Heather Ash, MSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center.

33. Melissa Butler was appointed COO of HCA Healthcare’s Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage.

34. Yvonne Schofield was named vice president of operations at Alaska Regional Hospital.

35. Montana Miller was appointed vice president of human resources at Alaska Regional Hospital.

36. Mike Davis, MSN, was named vice president of quality at Alaska Regional Hospital.

37. DeVry Anderson, MD, was named chief medical officer of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center in Texas. The hospital is part of St. David’s HealthCare, a partnership between HCA and two local nonprofits — St. David’s Foundation and Georgetown Health Foundation.

38. Joel Leone joined HCA’s Savannah, Ga.-based Memorial Health as its new COO.

39. Armando Bonheur, Jr. was named vice president of operations at HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville.

40. Robyn Miller, RN, was named chief nursing officer of Independence, Mo.-based Centerpoint Medical Center, part of HCA.

41. Abby Bray was named vice president of operations for Vidalia, Ga.-based Memorial Health Meadows Hospital, part of HCA.

42. Sharleen Betancourt, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer for Methodist Hospital Texsan in San Antonio, part of HCA.

43. Josh Gill was named COO of HCA’s Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kan.

44. John Castaneda was appointed vice president of human resources for HCA Houston Healthcare.

45. Lindsay Goldammer, RN, MSN, was appointed interim chief nursing officer of Belton (Mo.) Regional Medical Center.

46. Erica Rossitto, BSN, RN, was appointed senior vice president and chief nurse executive at HCA.

47. Kristopher Russell was named CFO of HCA’s Idaho Falls-based Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center.

48. Justin Inglett was named CFO of HCA’s Independence, Mo.-based Centerpoint Medical Center.

49. Sabrina Kidd, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of HCA’s Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo.

50. Nanette Logan, DNP, exited her role as CEO of HCA’s Dominion Hospital in Falls Church, Va. Ben Brown is her successor.

51. David Wylie was appointed CFO of HCA’s Waycross, Ga.-based Memorial Satilla Health.

52. Neva Spencer, DNP, RN, was named chief nursing officer of HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce.

53. Megan Powe was appointed COO of HCA Florida JFK Hospital in Atlantis.

54. Whitney Staub-Juergens, RN, was named COO for digital transformation and innovation at HCA.

Lifepoint Health (Brentwood, Tenn.)

55. Elliott Brown was appointed senior vice president and chief accounting officer of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint.

56. Megan Pfarr was named inaugural CEO of Hospital Sisters Health System Rehabilitation Hospital, set to open in Green Bay, Wis., in 2026, in partnership with Lifepoint Rehabilitation.

57. Sean Daniel, BSN, RN, was named chief nursing officer of two critical access hospitals in Tennessee: Highpoint Health-Trousdale in Hartsville and Highpoint Health-Riverview in Carthage. Highpoint Health is based in Gallatin, Tenn. It is a joint venture between Lifepoint Health and Ascension Saint Thomas, the Tennessee regional system of St. Louis-based Ascension.

58. Robert Coscione was named vice president of managed care for Lifepoint.

59. Bob Barrett was named president of Lifepoint’s Western division.

60. Alison Dulfer was appointed CEO of Woodland Springs Behavioral Health in Conroe, Texas, part of Lifepoint.

61. Geoffrey Hall was named CEO of Virginia Mason Franciscan Rehabilitation Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., a joint venture rehabilitation hospital affiliated with Lifepoint.

62. Ellen Moss was appointed CEO of University Hospitals Avon Rehabilitation Hospital in Ohio and University Hospitals Rehabilitation Hospital in Beachwood, Ohio, both affiliated with Lifepoint.

63. Bruce Tassin was named CEO of Centerpoint Health-Georgetown and Centerpoint Health-Versailles in Kentucky, both part of Lifepoint.

64. Vera Yigle-Kaljob, MD, was appointed CEO of Triangle Springs, a behavioral health hospital in Raleigh, N.C., part of Lifepoint.

65. Susan Burroughs was appointed COO of Wilson (N.C.) Medical Center, part of Duke LifePoint Healthcare — a joint venture of Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health and Lifepoint Health.

66. Chris Boukas, RN, was named COO of Lifepoint’s Paris (Texas) Regional Health.

67. Rebekah Artman, BSN, RN, was appointed chief nursing officer of Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital in North Carolina. Both facilities are part of Duke LifePoint.

Prime Healthcare (Ontario, Calif.)

Editor’s note: Prime Healthcare is a for-profit health system based in Ontario, Calif., that also includes hospitals operated by the nonprofit Prime Healthcare Foundation. Of its 51 hospitals, 33 are for-profit and 18 are nonprofit.

68. Rick Naegler was appointed regional CEO of Prime’s four hospitals in Missouri and Kansas.

69. Patrick Kerrwood was appointed CEO of St. Mary’s Hospital in Kankakee, Ill., part of Prime.

70. Chris Lewis‘s role was expanded to regional CFO of Prime’s Chicago-based Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital and Evanston, Ill.-based Saint Francis Hospital.

Tenet Healthcare (Dallas)

71. Paola Arbour will retire as chief information officer of Tenet Healthcare at the end of 2026. Ms. Arbour will remain with Tenet in a non-executive role through April 1, 2028.

72.  J. Michael Grooms was named senior vice president and controller, as well as principal accounting officer, at Tenet.

73. Tracey Crandall was named CHRO of Tenet’s Good Samaritan Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla.

74. Denten Park exited his role as CEO of Tenet’s St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., and Tenet’s Massachusetts market. Adam Bracks was named interim CEO of St. Vincent.

75. Genifer Rucker was appointed president and CEO of Tenet’s Resolute Baptist Hospital in New Braunfels, Texas.

Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.)

76. Antony Sebastian was named COO of Sparks-based Northern Nevada Medical Center, part of UHS.

77. Rob Anderson, CEO of Lakewood Ranch (Fla.) Medical Center, has shared plans to resign. COO Philip Reber was appointed interim CEO.

78. Leigh Holston exited her role as CEO of UHS’ Holly Hill Hospital in Raleigh, N.C. Kippy Woodlief, DNP, RN, was named interim CEO of the behavioral health facility.

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