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CEO Staffing Changes

CEO Staffing Changes (April 26, 2024) – The Kansas Hospital Association would like to inform you of the latest member hospital administrator changes since our last hospital list printout in March:

  • Tracy Duran, RN, BSN, MSN, hospital administrator (no longer interim), Stormont Vail Health Flint Hills Campus, Junction City
  • Kerry Herbine, chief executive officer, Community HealthCare System, Inc., Onaga
  • Shawn Perry, chief financial officer (receiving CEO mailings), AdventHealth Ottawa, Ottawa
  • Dallas Purkeypile, chief executive officer, AdventHealth South Overland Park, Overland Park
  • Katie Bruels, RN-MSN, DNP, interim chief executive officer, Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park (Kirk McCarty starts as chief executive officer on June 1)
  • Frank Safrit, PhD, MSN, RN, chief executive officer, Grisell Memorial Hospital District #1, Ransom

Our Kansas Hospitals and Health-Related Facilities list is available on the KHA website in PDF (Adobe Acrobat Reader format) at www.kha-net.org. A username and password are required. Click on Kansas Hospitals, CEO Directories, Kansas Hospital List and Kansas Hospitals and Health-Related Facilities List. Please contact Cheryl Carson at (785) 233-7436 if you have updates and provide the start date of the new administrator/chief executive officer, picture, birthday and press release/bio.
--Cheryl Carson