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Hires
Abridge hired Mario Queiroz as its new chief product officer. He joined the company from Hinge Health, where he held the same position. Before that, Queiroz spent nearly 15 years working at Google.
Ambience Healthcare welcomed William Morris as its new chief medical officer. He comes to the organization from Google Cloud, where he served as chief medical information officer. Before that, he worked at Cleveland Clinic for more than 15 years.
The American Hospital Association named Claire Zangerle as its new chief nurse executive, as well as CEO of its American Organization for Nursing Leadership. In the past, she has held leadership positions at Allegheny Health Network, Cleveland Clinic and Memorial Hermann Health System.
The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic, hired David Peter as its chief medical officer. Before this position, he had spent nearly a decade working at Cleveland Clinic hospitals in clinical and leadership roles.
CommonSpirit Health hired Brady Small as CIO for its mountain region. He joins the organization from Oracle Health, where he was serving as a director and client-accountable executive.
Pelago welcomed Frank Jennings as its president. In the past, he has held executive roles at Covera Health, Doctor on Demand and Castlight Health.
Personify Health hired Christopher Paquette as chief transformation officer and Mehran Mosbriantanha as chief information security officer.
Providence appointed Darryl Elmouchi as its next COO. He will join Providence from Corewell Health, where he currently serves as COO. Providence’s current COO, Erik Wexler, will step into the CEO role on January 1 following the retirement of Providence’s longtime CEO Rod Hochman.
Exits
Former Oak Street Health CEO Mike Pykosz has left his role at CVS Health. The company said that Sree Chaguturu, CVS’ chief medical officer, has stepped in to fill the role Pykosz left, which is president for healthcare delivery.
Layoffs
Headspace is letting go of 13% of its employees. This follows a round of layoffs from last year when 15% of workers were laid off.
Sonata Therapeutics is parting ways with its CEO Volker Herrmann and is laying off about 20 workers.
UPMC is laying off about 100 workers, which represents 0.1% of its workforce. The health system isn’t providing details about the types of positions being impacted.
Westchester Medical Center Health Network is laying off about 130 employees. The layoffs — which represent less than 1% of the health system’s workforce — are occurring mainly in corporate and administrative positions.
