Chief Medical Officers

Cleveland-based MetroHealth System appointed Marie Crandall, MD, chair of its department of surgery.

McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey has appointed John Kennedy, MD, as chief medical officer.

Elham Yousef, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Hackensack Meridian Health's Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, N.J.

Providence Health Plan, the insurance division of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, appointed Laurel Soot, MD, chief medical officer. 

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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.