Allegheny General Hospital chief operating officer Edward Banos has accepted a position as president of a 515-bed health system in Longview, Texas.

His resignation is effective June 10.

Mr. Banos has worked at North Side's AGH for two and a half years.

His departure comes as AGH and The Western Pennsylvania Hospital in Bloomfield work to consolidate departments and clinical lines as a way of becoming more efficient and competing with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.