United Health Services

RANDY RAHMAN has been appointed as VP and chief information officer at United Health Services (UHS). He has served as VP and chief information officer at the Olathe Health System in Olathe, Kansas, since 2014, overseeing all information-technology solutions and staff. This included providing executive sponsorship to Olathe’s conversion to the Epic electronic health record, as well as technological solutions for its response to COVID-19. Previously he held IT executive positions at health systems in Australia, Arizona, Louisiana, and Missouri. Rahman earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and an MBA degree in information-systems management from the Keller Graduate School of Management in Kansas City.

LAWRENCE WIESNER, DO, has been named VP for orthopedic services at UHS. He has been a key member of the UHS provider team for two decades, having joined UHS in 2001 as a surgeon in its Orthopedic Department. A Binghamton native, Wiesner received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Hobart College and his osteopathic degree from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed residencies with the Peninsula Hospital Consortium in Queens, and a fellowship with the Florida Orthopaedic Institute in Tampa. In his new role, Wiesner will oversee the direction and management of all orthopedic services at UHS hospitals. He will also continue in his practice as an orthopedic surgeon with UHS.

JAMES SHADDUCK has been appointed administrator of UHS Senior Living at Ideal. He comes to Ideal with vast experience in skilled-nursing facility and long-term care administration across three states. Shadduck has a proven track record of exceptional leadership, team-building, and financial turnaround, UHS said. Most recently he has been administrator of Bradford County/Complete Healthcare Resources in Troy, Pennsylvania, and administrator at Absolut Care of Endicott. Previously, Shadduck served in a number of executive capacities with long-term care facilities in Idaho, including director of operations at Ashley Manor in Boise. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh.

BRIAN CHAMBERLIN has been hired as administrator of UHS Senior Living at Chenango Memorial Hospital. He worked for New York State for more than 20 years as a social worker and has been a licensed nursing-home administrator for 22 years. Starting in 2000, Chamberlin has held administrator positions at a series of 13 long-term care facilities across upstate New York, including, most recently, Betsy Ross Rehabilitation and Nursing Home in Rome. He holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from SUNY Plattsburgh and a master’s in health-care administration from the New School for Social Research.

MICHELE GORDON, RN, has been named senior director of patient experience at UHS Hospitals. She joined UHS as a staff nurse in 1997 and most recently has served as administrator of UHS Senior Living at Ideal. In her new role, she will be responsible for several functions under the patient-experience umbrella, including patient relations and pastoral care. Gordon previously held posts as nurse-care manager, manager of the Care Management Department and nurse manager of the Transitional Care Unit at UHS Hospitals, before joining Ideal as a nursing supervisor in 2009. She earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Syracuse University and an MBA degree in health-care management from the University of Phoenix.