Healthcare services organization Avita Care Solutions has appointed Christopher Hall, MD, as its first chief medical officer. 

Physician Dr. Raheel Jiwan, MD, filed a lawsuit against Fairfield, Iowa-based Jefferson County Health Center, alleging he was terminated for raising patient safety complaints, the Southwest Iowa Union reported Feb. 7. 

Richard Makowiec, MD, will take over as chief surgical officer of Synergy Health Partners, a hospital staffing and management company. 

Andrew McNamara, MD, has been selected to serve as the first chief medical officer of Trilogy Health Services, which operates nearly 130 senior living communities in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio.

Jordan Berlin, MD, has been appointed director of the division of hematology and oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., effective Jan. 1.

Andrea Manyon, MD, has been appointed chair of the department of family medicine at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo in New York.

New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center performs the most surgeries annually, according to a Jan. 30 report from Definitive Healthcare. 

Cambia Health Solutions has named Mihir Patel, PharmD, its new chief pharmacy officer. Dr. Patel will provide pharmacy direction across all of Cambia's lines. 

The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center in Lexington has received a $1.6 million gift from the Telford Foundation to establish a chair in gynecologic oncology.

The median physician paid compensation per full time physician in the fourth quarter of 2022 was down slightly from the previous quarter to $346,596, according to Kaufman Hall's Physician Flash Report 2023.

Sandra Aung, PhD, has been named the executive vice president and head of clinical development of Ambrx Biopharma, a pharmaceutical engineering company. 

President Joe Biden is appointing six new leaders to the National Cancer Advisory Board, which complements President Biden's Cancer Moonshot program aiming to end cancer worldwide, according to a Feb. 2 news release. 

Feb. 3 is National Women Physician Day. Here are 20 female physicians stepping into leadership roles that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 12:

Dr. Nike Shoyinka has been appointed medical health officer by the Ingham County, Mich., Board of Commissioners, effective Feb. 17.

Dallas-based Steward Health appointed Marisela Marrero, MD, its inaugural senior vice president for health care equity and diversity, equity and inclusion. The system also named Paul Smith president of its flagship hospital in Boston.

Charles Geller, MD, will join the team and serve as chair of cardiothoracic surgery for Brown Mills, N.J.-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center. 

Abdulla Al-Khan, MD, has been honored with the First Degree of the National Golden Medal as an achiever by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain in a ceremony Dec. 16 at Al Sakheer Guest Palace. 

Stephen Kahane, MD, has joined the board of directors of Suki, a technology company developing AI-powered voice healthcare solutions.

Dr. Hitesh Patel has joined the executive board of Florida Cancer Specialists and Research Institute, a private oncology practice with almost 100 practices in its network, effective Jan. 27.

Thomas Cavalieri, DO, has been selected to serve as the inaugural senior vice provost of the Virtua Health College of Medicine and Life Sciences at Rowan University in Stratford, N.J.