Gratia Pitcher, MD, has been selected as chief medical officer of Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health.

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St. Mary’s Health Care System, an Athens, Ga.-based member of Trinity Health, has appointed Eric Schuck, MD, its chief medical officer.

Joshua Rehmann, DO, was named chief medical officer of West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, Business Record reported Dec. 1.

Kevin Ban, MD, has stepped down as chief medical officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance, the company's health services division, Bloomberg reported Nov. 9.

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Tanya Phares, DO, has been appointed health officer of Sonoma County, Calif., which encompasses more than 30 cities.

Chris Spoja, DO, has been named chief medical officer of Bozeman (Mont.) Health, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle reported Nov. 2.

Nikole Benders-Hadi, MD, has been named chief medical officer of virtual behavioral health provider Talkspace. 

Kevin Ban, MD, executive vice president and global chief medical officer for Walgreens Boots Alliance, has joined the advisory board of medtech company Ixlayer. 

Here are 10 health systems that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last month. 

Jonathan Clarke, MD, has been named chief medical officer for Medical City Plano and Medical City Frisco, both in Texas. 

David Rice, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of the acute care division at King of Prussia, Pa.-based United Health Services.

Connie Hwang, MD, has joined personalized healthcare company Accolade as its chief medical officer.

Melissa Kizilos, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Meridian-based Blue Cross of Idaho. 

Lara Johnson, MD, has been appointed by Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant Health as the chief medical officer of its Lubbock service area, The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Sept. 14.

Hyoseong Nuna Kim, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Charles B. Wang Community Health Center in New York City, QNS reported Sept. 7.

Hyong Kim, MD, will return as chief medical officer of Orange, Calif.-based Alignment Health beginning Sept. 25.

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Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock has appointed Karen Farst, MD, chief medical officer.