John Gupta has been named Chief Executive Officer of St. John's Episcopal Hospital, South Shore. He succeeds Luis A. Hernandez, who will continue to oversee the activities of St. John's Episcopal Hospital and will be working on other business opportunities to increase the effectiveness of Episcopal Health Services. Mr. Gupta, who will report to Mr. Hernandez, has served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Mount Sinai Hospital of Queens since 2000. Prior to that, he was a Senior Consultant at KPMG, LLP, where he provided financial and operational strategic business services to major health care provider institutions throughout the Northeast, assisted in hospital operations assessments and re-engineering projects, and led and served on due diligence assistance projects for major academic medical centers. From 1995 to 1998, he served as Director of Operations and Finance at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Children's Hospital of New York.

The board of directors of The New York Eye and Ear Infirmary has appointed D. McWilliams Kessler as its new President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 16, 2007. He succeeds Joseph P. Corcoran, who recently retired after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer for 13 years. Most recently, from 2002-06, Mr. Kessler was President and Chief Executive Officer of the NJ-based Henry H. Kessler Foundation, a $260-million public charity devoted to improving the lives of people with disabilities. From 1985-02, he was the Executive Director of the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. From 1981-85, he was Associate Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer at Wills, and served as an Associate Administrator at Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Philadelphia from 1977-81.