University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics announced the selection of Suresh Gunasekaran as the new associate vice president of University of Iowa Health Care and CEO of UI Hospitals & Clinics. Pending approval by the Board of Regents, Gunasekaran will begin work Nov. 15. He is currently the chief operations officer for the University of Texas Southwestern Health System in Dallas, which comprises the 1,700-member faculty practice plan and two university hospitals. He received a Master of Business Administration with honors from Southern Methodist University, and was winner of the Entrepreneurship Prize. Pending approval by the Board of Regents, Gunasekaran will receive an annual salary of $800,000.