Hospital selects new CEO

TAMPA — John Couris will be the next president and CEO of Tampa General Hospital.

Couris is now president and CEO of the 327-bed nonprofit hospital Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter. He has been in that position since June 2010. He will start at Tampa General Sept. 1. Tampa General will continue to be led by acting President and CEO Steve Short until then.

According to a press release, the Tampa General board organized a CEO search committee in January and hired a consultant to conduct a nationwide search for the 1,011-bed medical facility.