Healthcare and Insurance


Beacon Mental Health Names Incoming CEO

Posted July 23, 2025 Kansas City-based Beacon Mental Health will be gaining a new chief executive as the company’s current CEO, Tom Petrizzo, plans to retire in late August. Petrizzo will retire, effective August 22, and Dr. Kristin Feeback will… more

Stowers Institute for Medical Research Name Kristin Bechard as CFO, Treasurer

Posted July 16, 2025 The Stowers Institute for Medical Research appointed Kristin Bechard as its new chief financial officer and treasurer. Bechard will begin in her new role effective July 28th, according to a Wednesday release. She brings with her… more

AdventHealth Selects Dr. Bela Nand as Regional Chief Medical Officer for Mid-America Region

Posted July 16, 2025 AdventHealth announced the appointment of Dr. Bela Nand as the new regional chief medical officer for the Mid-America region. Nand will take on her new role effective July 29, according to a release. She will serve… more

Cingulate Names Nilay Patel Chief Legal Officer, Prepares ADHD Drug Filing

Posted July 16, 2025 Cingulate has named Nilay Patel as its chief legal officer weeks ahead of when the company plans to submit its new drug application to the FDA. Patel brings over two decades of experience in legal and… more

NKC Health Names New Medical Staff President

Posted July 9, 2025 NKC Health has announced its first new leadership appointment following the health system’s rebrand, with Dr. Ian Rosbrugh named as the medical staff president. Rosbrugh began his new one-year term for the new role on July… more

Children’s Mercy Names Dr. Clark Andrew Bonham Director of Transplant Center

Posted July 3, 2025 Children’s Mercy announced that Dr. Clark Andrew Bonham will become the new director of the hospital’s transplant center. Bonham will now serve Children’s Mercy as the Director of the Division of Transplant Surgery and Director of… more

BJC Health System CEO Rich Liekweg Announces Retirement, Successor

Posted June 25, 2025 BJC Health System today announced that CEO Rich Liekweg will retire effective October 1, and the health system’s current president, Nick Barto, will succeed him. With a career of over 40 years, Liekweg spent 16 years… more

NextStage Clinical Research Opens New Kansas City Location

Posted June 25, 2025 NextStage Clinical Research announced it is opening and operating a new clinical research site network center in Kansas City. The research site is now active with NextStage team members already in place, according to a release.… more

Johnson County Clin Trials Names Dan White as New CEO

Posted June 17, 2025 Lenexa-based Johnson County Clin Trials announced it has appointed Dan White as its new chief executive officer. Established in 2005, Johnson County Clin Trials was co-founded by Nathan Arthur and Mazen Zari, who served as co-CEOs… more

Overland Park Regional Medical Center Seeks Bonds for $120M Expansion Project

Posted June 16, 2025 Updated June 20, 2025 at 9:19 a.m. Overland Park Regional Medical Center is requesting $60 million in bonds for the construction and development of an expansion to its campus, which was previously approved in 2012. Overland… more