Des Moines, Iowa-based Hamza Alsayouf, MD, has sued the state's Board of Medicine to gain investigative files, alleging the board violated state law by withholding information on him, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported July 8. 

Physician burnout rates have fallen below 50% for the first time since 2020, according to a July 2 report from the American Medical Association. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs appointed Susan Bray-Hall, MD, as chief medical officer for its Rocky Mountain Network.

Anjalee Galion, MD, chief wellness officer at Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), wants physicians attempting to grapple with the field of medicine's challenges to know that they are not alone.

In an ever-shifting economy, compensation expectations, availability of staff and career satisfaction are constantly changing.

Jose Romano, MD, is the new chair of the department of neurology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. 

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has appointed Peter Slavin, MD, the former president at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, as its CEO and president. 

The average U.S. medical student leaves college with $206,924 in loan debt, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. 

Rising supply costs, ongoing burnout and inadequate pay policies have all contributed to career dissatisfaction among a growing number of physicians. Despite the negative aspects of practicing medicine, many physicians remain optimistic about the future.

An emergency room physician formerly of Iowa City, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining the personal health information of multiple individuals. 

As athletes prepare to head to Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games, so are their physician care teams. 

A federal grand jury indicted a pharmaceutical researcher and medical professor charging him with defrauding the National Institutes of Health of about $16 million in grant funds from 2015 to 2023. 

Becker's connected with Nathan Merriman, MD, medical director of gastroenterology and digestive health at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health, to explain why a lesser-discussed issue in healthcare — friction — is one of the industry's most important — and insidious — issues.

Payers such as UnitedHealth Groups' Optum and Elevance are acquiring providers, and some leaders are wary about how these groups' rapid growth will affect the physician workforce. 

The U.S. is expected to face a shortage of 86,000 physicians by 2036 as employment pressures persist nationwide, according to a 2024 report from the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals has named Judith Wolfe, MD, chief medical officer of its St. John Medical Center.

Administrative work is the biggest challenge for many physician practices, according to a recent survey by MedCentral.

Orthopedic surgeon Greg Hardin, MD, is suing Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Alliance, for allegedly directing patients away from his practice, the Center for Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, Inside Indiana Business reported June 24.

Physicians at Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine performed the system's first kidney transplant procedure on an awake patient on May 24.

Paramus, N.J.-based Valley Health System appointed K. Nadeem Ahmed, MD, as its chief medical information officer.