ON THE MOVE ...

CONSULTING Aegis Health Group, Nashville, promoted Pearson Talbert

to president and CEO, effective immediately. Talbert, 40, had been serving as president of the consultancy since April 1, 2011. He joined the company in 2009 as chief development officer. He was previously VP of sales and business development at Ingram & Associates, an affiliate of AIM Healthcare Services. HOSPITALS, SYSTEMS Dr. Stephen Ondra,

a former U.S. Veterans Affairs Department senior policy adviser for health affairs, was named senior VP and CMO for Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago. The appointment, effective April 16, marks a return to Northwestern for Ondra, who practiced there as a neurosurgeon from 1996 to 2009. Ondra, 55, also previously served as co-chair of health IT in President Barack Obama’s office of science and technology policy. He replaces

Dr. Charles Watts,

who retired in December 2010. Ondra served in the Army, reaching the rank of major, and was deployed in Saudi Arabia from 1990 to 1991. His service was recognized with the Bronze Star. … Health First, based in Rockledge, Fla., has hired as senior

Joseph Felkner VP and CFO. Felkner replaces

Robert Galloway,

who retired. Galloway had overseen financial management at Health First since its founding in 1995. Felkner, 55, was previously CFO at Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Health Network and, before that, CFO and chief strategy officer for Baptist Health Care, Pensacola, Fla. …

Richard “Chip” Davis

was appointed president of Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington beginning July 6. Davis, 51, is VP for patient safety and executive director for ambulatory services at Johns Hopkins Medicine. He has been at Johns Hopkins since 1993 and will succeed Robert Sloan,

who is retiring after 27 years as president and CEO at Sibley. There will no longer be a CEO position at Sibley. … Georgia Health Sciences Medical Center, Augusta, named

Steven Scott

COO, overseeing the adult hospital and Children’s Medical Center. Scott previously was executive administrator for professional services at Oregon Health and Science University, Portland. Before that, he was VP of facilities and ancillary services for the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County–wishard Health Services in Indianapolis. Scott’s age was not provided. … Presence Health, the newly combined healthcare system that joined