New Administrative Appointments at Children's Hospital

Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital welcomed a new senior vice president/administrator Sept. 30, Scott Perryman, MBA. An additional change in the Children’s Hospital administration is the appointment of Richard Chinnock, MD, MHCM, as chief medical officer. Scott Perryman: Perryman comes to Loma Linda from Dallas, Texas, where he was senior vice president for operations and strategic planning at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. There from Nov. 2011, he was responsible for the hospital’s strategic plan, business development and operations. “We’re eager to welcome Scott to this new position, created by the separate licensure of our Children’s Hospital last November,” says Terry Hansen, MPH, chief operating officer of Loma Linda University Medical Center. “He will bring extraordinary talent and accomplishment to our management team.” Among his successes at the Dallas facility were developing operational and financial improvement, and leading successful turnarounds of provider organizations. Perryman’s prior positions include senior VP for hospital finance at Community Hospital Corporation of Plano, Texas; senior VP of Argyle Solutions of Irving, Texas; assistant executive director, Scott and White Health System, Temple, Texas; and director of finance, Duke University Health System, Durham, North Carolina. Perryman holds an MBA degree from Baylor University, Waco, Texas, and a BBA in marketing/management from the University of Texas at Arlington. He and his wife, Angie, have three children. Richard Chinnock: Chinnock’s new position as chief medical officer became official Aug. 25. He has served as physician-in-chief at the hospital since Aug. 2003 and has been affiliated with LLU Children’s Hospital since 1989. The new position reflects his duties under the separate California State licensure that went into effect in Nov. 2014, separating the hospital from the adult hospital’s license. “I’m pleased to welcome Richard to this new position in our new Children’s Hospital administrative structure,” says Kerry Heinrich, JD, chief executive officer of Loma Linda University Medical Center. “He will continue to bring innovation and strength to our medical staff and operations.” As physician-in-chief, Chinnock has been the primary liaison between the LLU School of Medicine, the pediatric service and Children’s Hospital administration. He has been chief quality officer, engaging in strategic planning and creating systems of pediatric care. Prior to that appointment, Chinnock served Children’s Hospital as pediatric residency director, overseeing the academic program for post-graduate training in pediatrics, from 1991 to 2003. He has simultaneously served as director of the pediatric heart transplant program (1990-present) and professor and chair of pediatrics for the School of Medicine (2003-present). Chinnock has been associated with LLU Children’s Hospital from its creation in 1993. He holds a master’s in health care management from the Harvard University School of Public Health, and received his MD degree from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine. He did his residency in pediatrics at the U.S. Naval Hospital in San Diego, California. Chinnock sits on many boards and has affiliations with dozens of organizations. Among them are the Children’s Specialty Care Coalition, where he was vice president in 2012.