Here are 83 hospital and health system CEO retirements that occurred or were announced this year.
The names are listed below, in alphabetical order.
Note: This list is not exhaustive. If you are a hospital or health system CEO who shared retirement plans or retired in 2017, please contact Anuja Vaidya at avaidya@beckershealthcare.com for inclusion on this list.
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Irvine, Calif.-based St. Joseph Hoag Health CEO Richard Afable, MD, plans to retire by the end of the year.
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Townshend, Vt.-based Grace Cottage Family Health and Hospital CEO Roger Allbee announced his retirement plans.
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Memorial Hermann Cypress (Texas) Hospital Senior Vice President and CEO Scott Barbe retired, effective July 8.
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Hillsboro, Ore.-based Tuality Healthcare CEO Manuel Berman is retiring, effective Jan. 15, 2018.
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Birmingham, Ala.-based St. Vincent's Health System President and CEO Neeysa Biddle retired, effective June 30.
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Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Saint Francis Healthcare System President and CEO Steven C. Bjelich's retirement was effective Sept. 1.
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Victoria, Texas-based DeTar Healthcare System CEO William R. Blanchard will retire at the end of 2017.
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Bob Bonar, CEO of Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota retired, effective Dec. 8.
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Medical City Arlington (Texas) announced CEO Winston Borland retired, effective March 31.
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Jon D. Braband, president and CEO of Glencoe (Minn.) Regional Health Services, is retiring in July 2018.
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J. Lindsey Bradley Jr., retired as senior vice president of group operations and CEO for Irving, Texas-based Christus Health's Northeast Texas region.
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Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners President and CEO Mary Brainerd retired June 1.
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Stoughton (Wis.) Hospital President and CEO Terry Brenny is retiring, effective June 2018.
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Richard C. Breon, president and CEO of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Spectrum Health, plans to retire, effective Jan. 1, 2019.
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Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health President and CEO George J. Brown, MD, is retiring at the end of 2017, after serving as leader of the health system for nearly a decade.
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Charleston, S.C.-based Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital CEO Allen Carroll retired after 27 years.
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Canton, Ohio-based Mercy Medical Center President and CEO Thomas E. Cecconi is retiring, effective Dec. 31.
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Grangeville, Idaho-based Syringa Hospital and Clinics CEO Joe Cladouhos retired.
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Philip A. Clayton, president and CEO of Conway (S.C.) Medical Center, is retiring, effective Dec. 31.
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Toby Cosgrove, MD, president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, revealed plans to transition out of his executive roles by the end of 2017.
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Fairmont (W. Va.) Regional Medical Center CEO and CNO Margaret Coster, MSN, RN, retired, effective April 30.
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Dayton (Ohio) VA Medical Center CEO Glenn Costie retired in October.
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Doug Crabtree, CEO of Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, is retiring, effective Dec. 31.
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New London, Conn.-based Lawrence + Memorial Healthcare CEO Bruce Cummings announced plans to retire.
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Blackfoot, Idaho-based Bingham Memorial Hospital Interim CEO Jeff Daniels retired, effective Nov. 17.
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Evan Dillard, president and CEO of Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Forrest Health, is retiring, effective in 2019.
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Edward Dzielak, DO, retired as CEO of Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranton, Pa., after serving the organization for 38 years.
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Michael Faas, president and CEO of Wyoming-based Metro Health-University of Michigan Health, is planning to retire, effective 2018.
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Jerry Fedele, president and CEO of Boca Raton (Fla.) Regional Hospital, is planning to retire in August 2018.
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Omaha, Neb.-based Methodist Health System announced President and CEO John Fraser will retire, effective Dec. 31, 2017.
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Dan Friedrich, CEO of Bradenton, Fla.-based Blake Medical Center, will retire after 15 years of service once his replacement is identified.
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Jill Fuller, president and CEO of Watertown, S.D.-based Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, announced her intention to retire.
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Hudson (Wis.) Hospital & Clinic President and CEO Marian Furlong retired Oct. 6.
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Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health Interim President and CEO Kevin Fusco retired, effective May, 26.
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Bayfront Health-St. Petersburg (Fla.) CEO Kathryn Gillette retired.
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Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, Calif., announced the retirement of CEO Cyndy Gordon.
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Lafayette, Colo.-based Good Samaritan Medical Center President and CEO Dave Hamm retired at the end of March.
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Alexander Hatala retired as CEO of Camden, N.J.-based Lourdes Health System.
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Robert (Bob) Hemker, president and CEO of Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health, retired after nearly two decades with the organization.
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St. Louis-based Ascension Healthcare CEO Robert J. Henkel retired, effective June 30.