Coram Healthcare Names President; 6 Executives Resign

* Patrick J. Fortune has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Coram Healthcare Corp. in Newport Beach, effective Aug. 15. He most recently served as corporate vice president of information management for Bristol-Meyers Squibb Co. Coram, which has announced plans to relocate its headquarters to Boulder, Colo., was formed as a result of the four-way merger last month of United T2 Medical, Curaflex Health Services, Medisys Inc. and HealthInfusion Inc.

In addition, the company said six executives have resigned. They are: Tom Haire, former chairman of T2 Medical; Tommy H. Carter, past president and chief operating officer of T2 Medical; Charles A. Laverty, Coram senior executive vice president and Curaflex’s chairman, president and chief executive; Miles E. Gilman, Coram executive vice president and past chief executive of HealthInfusion; William J. Brummond, Coram vice president and former chief executive of Medisys, and W. Barry Tanner, past chief operating officer of HealthInfusion.