Humana selected Sanjay Shetty, MD, to lead its senior-focused primary care company and promoted George Renaudin from vice president to president of the group's Medicare and Medicaid department. 

Richard Lazzaro, MD, has been tapped as chief of thoracic surgery for the New Jersey-based RWJBarnabas Health Southern Region.

Megan Ranney, MD, has been named dean of the Yale School of Public Health in New Haven, Conn. 

Pat Basu, MD, has joined the leadership team of Varsity Healthcare Partners as managing partner.

Cheryl Rice, MD, has been appointed to serve a two-year term as medical chief of staff at Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville, Kan., effective Jan. 1.

North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, La., has appointed 10 physicians to serve on its executive committee and act as liaisons between the medical staff and the health system's board of commissioners.

James Krueger, MD, PhD, has been named co-chair of the medical advisory board for the American Skin Association.

Toby Cosgrove, MD, has joined the advisory board of Tomorrow Health, a home-based healthcare company established in 2021.

Gary Honts, CEO of JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio, Calif., plans to retire after leading the Desert Care Network-affiliated hospital for 10 years, according to a Jan. 30 report from the Desert Sun.

Here are 28 physicians who stepped into chief medical officer roles in January, as reported by Becker's:

AdventHealth Hendersonville (N.C.) has added Laura Maure as its new physician services director, according to a Jan. 30 report from BlueRidgeNow.

Dr. Hesham Sadek, PhD, has been awarded the outstanding investigator award by the National Institutes of Health.

Here are 7 physicians that have been appointed to chair positions that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 18:

Andrew Mulberg, MD, has entered into a consulting agreement with Jaguar Health, a pharmaceutical company developing prescription medicines for gastrointestinal distress.

Christopher Wright, MD, PhD, has been tapped as the first chief medical officer and head of translational research for Ring Therapeutics, a gene therapy company. He will assume his new role Feb. 7.

Randall Goskowicz, MD, has been elected chief of staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas (Calif.), according to a Jan. 29 report from the Encinitas Advocate.

Dr. Nejat Zeyneloglu has been named chief medical officer of Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I.

Here are 13 newly appointed presidents and CEOs reported by Becker's since Jan. 3:

S. Yaseen Zia, MD, a radiation oncologist at Pardee UNC Health Care in Hendersonville, N.C., has been appointed by the governor to serve on the North Carolina Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control.

Bryan Kelly, MD, will become the first surgeon to be appointed president and CEO of Hospital for Special Surgery, an academic medical system focused on musculoskeletal health based in New York City.