Healthcare Staffing Report: May 11, 2023

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People: Gifted Healthcare, Advantis Medical, Floyd Lee Locums, Jackson Healthcare, Fusion Medical Staffing, Uniti Med, IMN Enterprises, MedHQ

Gifted Healthcare, a healthcare staffing provider headquartered in New Orleans, named Craig Wigginton as chief information officer. Wigginton has more than 20 years of experience in technology leadership roles. He joins Gifted Healthcare from Icario, where he was chief technology officer. Prior to that, he served as chief technology officer for Altruista Health, where he led a global team of more than 400 professionals.

Advantis Medical, a travel nurse staffing firm, named Todd Simpson as chief financial officer effective April 24. Simpson comes to Advantis Medical from MRINetwork where he held the role of CFO/COO since 2019. Prior to MRINetwork, he spent 15 years with CDI where he last served as divisional CFO.

Floyd Lee Locums, a North Charleston, South Carolina-based locums tenens staffing firm, appointed Marc Greene as senior director of its government affairs division, dedicated to supporting healthcare staffing needs at the Federal and State levels. Greene joins Floyd Lee Locums after spending decades in the defense and medical sectors. Greene also serves on the board of the Low County American Red Cross.

Jackson Healthcare promoted Brad Chason to senior VP of information technology. Chason joined the company in 2010 and has more than 20 years of experience in technology leadership.

Fusion Medical Staffing expanded its executive leadership team, appointing Dan DeVeney as VP of Fusion Marketplace and Brian McCulloch as VP of sales. DeVeney joins Fusion from Spreetail, where he served as senior director. Prior to Spreetail, DeVeney held leadership roles at Oriental Trading Company and Hayneedle. McCulloch has extensive experience in mortgage lending and banking and most recently served as VP of business performance at Honor Technology. As VP of sales, McCulloch will lead Fusion’s nursing, allied and long-term care sales divisions and the sales onboarding and training team. Fusion’s three brands include Fusion Medical Staffing, Fusion Marketplace and Fusion Workforce Solutions.

Uniti Med, an Omaha, Nebraska-based healthcare staffing firm, promoted Chris Sund to president and COO effective April 14. Sund joined the Uniti Med team in 2021 and has more than seven years of healthcare staffing experience.

Janet Elkin, president and CEO at IMN Enterprises, will lead the company’s new healthcare staffing business, MedAdventures. IMN’s other businesses are Icon Medical Network and Independence Anesthesia Services. Elkin appeared on the 2022 Global Power 150 list of women in staffing.

MedHQ, a provider of healthcare staffing and other services, named Erin Boers as VP of human resources services. Previously, Boers has held roles at the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and Lifeline Vascular Care.