Samir Akach, MD, has been named vice president and chief medical officer at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Fla.

Chris Thomson, MD, has been appointed chief medical and transformation officer of Portland-based MaineHealth.

David Sinclair, MD, has been named chief medical officer of AdventHealth Daytona Beach in Florida, according to a May 3 report from the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

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John Hall, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center.

Ariella Kelman, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Biora Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focusing on needle-free delivery of therapeutics.

Eva Slavcheva, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of St. David's Georgetown Hospital in Georgetown, Texas.

Helen Messier, MD, PhD, has been promoted to chief medical officer of Fountain Life, which uses artificial intelligence to improve disease detection and longevity for patients.

Health insurance marketplace Covered California has appointed Monica Soni, MD, chief medical officer.

Kenneth Wood, DO, has been appointed executive vice president and chief medical officer of Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health.

Ana Almeda, MD, has been named the inaugural chief medical officer of Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas, which is set to open at the end of 2023.

Onconova Therapeutics announced the unexpected passing of their Chief Medical Officer Mark Gelder, MD.

Miles Varn, MD, has been named the inaugural chief medical officer of Sun Life U.S., an international financial services organization.

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Andrew Denker, MD, PhD, has been named chief medical officer of Flamingo Therapeutics, an oncology-focused biotechnology company.

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Keith Vollstedt, MD, has been named chief medical officer of the Western Iowa region of Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne, which treats patients at 230 locations throughout Iowa and Nebraska.

Emil Kuriakose, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Terns Oncology, a division of clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Terns Pharmaceuticals.

Aharon Sareli, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System, and Holly Neville, MD, was appointed associate chief medical officer.

Stanley Fiel, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center, according to a March 22 report from ROI-NJ. Dr. Fiel has served as interim chief medical officer since May 2022.