HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SYSTEMS
Atlantic Health System CEO
Joseph Trunfio
announced plans to retire but will stay on until the Morristown, N.J.-based organization finds his successor in the coming months.
Trunfio, 67, has led the system for 15 years. Under Trunfio’s watch, Atlantic has expanded to include four acute-care hospitals. Most recently, Atlantic acquired Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, N.J., and is adding Hackettstown (N.J.) Regional Medical Center.
He also helped create a regional alliance called AllSpire Health Partners, a loose coalition of seven health systems in New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania focused on population health management. Eileen Whalen
has been named president and COO of Fletcher Allen Health Care effective in January.
Whalen, 59, will join Burlington, Vt.based Fletcher Allen from Harborview Medical Center, an academic healthcare facility in Seattle that is part of University of Washington Medicine. Whalen, a nurse by background, has more than 35 years of healthcare experience and most recently served as Harborview’s executive director. Dr. John Brumsted
has carried dual roles as president and CEO of Fletcher Allen Health Care, Vermont’s only academic medical center, and Fletcher Allen Partners, the parent multihospital network. He now will serve exclusively as CEO of Fletcher Allen Partners. Whalen will run day-to-day operations of Fletcher Allen Health Care.
Vidant Health, Greenville, N.C., has promoted Brian Floyd
to president of Vidant Medical Center.
Floyd, 41, previously served as Vidant Medical Center’s executive VP, handling daily operations. He has been with the system for nine years. He replaces
Steve Lawler,
who will move to a corporate position within Vidant Health.
Not-for-profit Vidant was most recently in the news for its decision to shut down Vidant Pungo Hospital, a critical-access facility in the small town of Belhaven, N.C. Vidant cited the hospital’s financial troubles and offered to build a multispecialty clinic in its place.