Dave Underriner named President of Kaiser Permanente Hawaii Region. Underriner is the new president of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals of Hawaii. 

Kathryn Correia named CEO of Legacy Health. The board of directors of the Portland, OR-based health system unanimously chose Correia to be its next president and CEO effective late June. Correia will succeed George Brown, M.D., who has served in the position since 2008.  

Jonathan Watkins named CEO of Broward Health Imperial Point. Watkins will be responsible for the overall leadership of the Fort Lauderdale, FL hospital, which offers medical-surgical inpatient care, behavioral health services and a wide variety of outpatient services.

Martin Tursky selected as president and CEO of McLaren Central Michigan. Tursky will assume the role following the retirement of Bill Lawrence, who has served as president and CEO since 2008. Recently, Tursky was president and CEO of Firelands Regional Health System in Sandusky, OH.

Will Conaway named CIO of Prime Healthcare. Conway has joined Prime Healthcare in Ontario, CA, as its new chief information officer. He comes from Dignity Health, where he oversaw strategy and operations in information technology health care services. 

Mindy Shikiar appointed new COO of Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Shikiar replaces Karen Poole, who retired earlier this month, as chief operating officer for the Boca Raton, FL hospital. Shikiar joined Boca Regional in 2003, and has served various leadership positions, including vice president of oncology services, ambulatory services and business development. 

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