Cone Health, the Greensboro-based hospital operator that is part of Kaiser Permanente, named Shannon Scaturro as chief operating officer.
He succeeds COO Bernie Sherry, who became interim chief executive officer June 1, following the retirement of Dr. Mary Jo Cagle.
Scaturro has been chief operating officer for the University of South Alabama Health System in Mobile, Alabama. He previously was CEO of the system’s flagship University Hospital. He previously held senior leadership roles in operations and surgical services for Ascension St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, and Ascension Providence Hospital in Mobile.
Scaturro has an executive master’s in healthcare administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a master’s of nursing from the University of Tennessee. He is a Fellow with the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Cone Health is part of Risant Health. It operates five hospitals and employs more than 13,000 people, including 1,650 physicians.