Jacksonville Skilled Nursing and Rehab has named Sawyer Zaerr, LPN, LNHA, as its new executive director. The 88-bed skilled nursing facility provides expert-level short-term rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing care, memory care and respite care in a warm and welcoming environment. Before joining Jacksonville, Zaerr served as executive director of Sunrise Skilled Nursing and Rehab in…

Westgate  Hills Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center  has named Bhavandeep Bajaj, M.D., as its new subacute medical director. The 120-bed skilled nursing facility provides post-hospital care, short-term rehab and long-term residential care.   Bajaj is board-certified in internal medicine. He maintains a private practice on the Saint Agnes Hospital campus in Baltimore.   Bajaj earned his medical degree from…

The SCAN Foundation announced yesterday that Sarita A. Mohanty, M.D., has been named president and CEO of the healthcare nonprofit, succeeding Bruce A. Chernof, M.D., who announced his retirement from the organization earlier this year.  Mohanty was most recently Kaiser Permanente’s vice president of care coordination for Medicaid and vulnerable populations, developing the Thrive Local…

David S. Rayha has been hired as vice president of operations at Neptune, NJ-based United Methodist Communities, effective Nov. 16. He will have strategic oversight and management of UMC’s four full-service communities.  Rayha brings more than 34 years of experience in management and senior level leadership experience in long-term care to his new role. He…

David R. Linz, M.D., chief medical informatics officer for NCH Healthcare Systems, has been named site lead physician at Moorings Park’s Center for Healthy Living in Naples, FL. Linz is a core faculty member of NCH Healthcare System’s internal medicine residency program and has academic appointments at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science…

Consulate Health Care, Florida’s largest senior healthcare services provider, has named Tim Lehner chief operating officer. Lehner had been chief operating officer at California’s Windsor Health Care since 2015. There, he built that company’s first executive leadership program; secured lending options for portfolio growth; and helped create clinical programs for behavioral health, veterans and respiratory…