Julie Park, MD, has been appointed chair of the department of oncology for St. Jude's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

Ajay Gopal, MD, has been named the Stephen Petersdorf Endowed Chair in cancer care at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.

Mary Billstrand, MD, has been named chair of the department of anesthesiology in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in Memphis. She will assume the role April 1.

Greg Ford, PhD, was selected to serve as the inaugural dean of Amhurst, N.Y.-based Daemon University's College of Health Professions. 

Zócalo Health, a Seattle-based healthcare provider group designed for Latino patients, appointed Sarah Lopez, MD, its chief medical officer. 

Here are four physicians joining the boards of companies and organizations Becker's has reported on since Jan. 18. 

Dr. Jay Shah has been appointed chief growth officer of Duo Health, a medical group focusing on patients with chronic and end-stage kidney disease.

John Espinola, MD, has been named president and CEO of PacificSource Health, a community health plan serving patients in Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington. He will take the position effective April 3.

Peter Rosenberg, MD, has been elected chief of medical staff at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Cal.

Faisal Quereshy, MD, DDS, has been named president of the American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery. 

Stephanie Cox-Batson, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Unity Health Care, a healthcare network treating an estimated 100,000 patients in Washington, D.C., across nearly 30 health sites.

Dr. Mazia Shafi has joined the team of Las Vegas-based Southwest Medical, Nevada Business reported Jan. 24. 

Stephen Divers, MD, and Dr. Vance Wright-Browne have been appointed to the board of managers for the American Oncology Network, a network of physicians and other healthcare providers established in 2018.

Kenji Saito, MD, JD, has joined the medical advisory board for Harvard MedTech, a digital health company. 

Thomas MacGillivray, MD, was elected president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons at the society's annual business meeting Jan. 23.

Jeffrey Kent, MD, an internal medicine specialist, has joined biopharmaceutical company Sling Therapeutics as its new chief medical officer, effective immediately. 

Todd Wilson, MD, has been named chief medical officer of EndoQuest Robotics, a medical device company developing an endoluminal robotic surgical system.

George Arnaoutakis, MD, has been named the first chief of the cardiovascular and thoracic surgery division of Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. He began his duties Jan. 9, according to a Jan. 23 report from The Daily Texan.

Ray Dusman, MD, was named president of physician and clinical expertise for Parkview Health in Fort Wayne, Ind. His appointment follows the naming of Rick Henvey as CEO of the health system.

Richard Highbloom, MD, has been named the inaugural Martin and Dee Ann Woodall Endowed Chair in cardiothoracic surgery at Doylestown (Pa.) Hospital.