Central California Hospital Reorganize Executive Team

Adventist Health’s Central California hospitals recently reorganized the executive team in an effort to fulfill the hospitals’ vision of being the best place to receive care, practice medicine and work. The reorganization, announced by Rick Rawson, president and CEO of Central Valley General Hospital, Hanford Community Medical Center and Selma Community Hospital, was effective March 3.

Under the new structure, Kendall Fults, R.N., B.S., is the new senior vice president of Clinical Operations, and Kirby McKague is the new senior vice president of Financial and Support Services at all three facilities.

In his new role, Fults transitions from vice president of Ambulatory Services and will oversee nursing, pharmacy and lab in addition to his responsibilities in rural health, emergency and imaging, among others. A replacement will be sought for his former position. With this change, Carol Hasselbrack, R.N., retired after many years of dedicated service, and the position of vice president of Patient Care has been eliminated.

McKague’s new role includes extended responsibility for most aspects of operational support, including strategic planning and business development, in addition to financial services. During his tenure, which began in 2003, the Central Valley network has seen unprecedented financial growth, from an $8.7 million loss in 2003 to a $12.7 million profit last year.

In other changes, Doug Lafferty will now serve as vice president of Facilities Development, overseeing construction of the new Hanford hospital and other projects. The position of COO has been eliminated. Also, Randy Dodd now serves as vice president of Strategic Planning and Development with Ben Ovando as assistant vice president of Support Services.

With the recent leadership reorganization, the Medical Staff Office will report directly to Rawson. David Glossbrenner, M.D., chief medical officer, will have greater involvement in direct patient care and more opportunities to interact with physicians and other caregivers.