Texas Health Physicians Group is the largest physician group in Texas, according to a Jan. 4 report from Definitive Healthcare. 

Adam Kautzner, PharmD, was promoted to president of Express Scripts, a division of Evernorth, Cigna's health services business. 

Northwell Health has named Richard Carvajal, MD, deputy physician-in-chief and director of medical oncology for the Northwell Health Cancer Institute in New Hyde Park, N.Y., according to a Jan. 23 report from the Island 360.

Clark Regional Medical Center in Winchester, Ky., has appointed Crystal Kincaid, DPM, chief medical officer, effective Jan. 1, the Winchester Sun reported Jan. 21.

Gary Palmer, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of oncology of BillionToOne, a molecular diagnostics company.

Andrew Pecora, MD, has been named CEO of Outcomes Matter Innovations, a technology company focusing on providing management services for providers in the Northeast and facilitating values-based care reimbursement for specialty physicians.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a team of physician leaders helping to make executive decisions and recommendations. Meet 10 CDC physician leaders for 2023 (information is from the agency's website): 

Here are 10 physicians entering positions in the C-suite Becker's has reported on since Jan. 17:

Here are nine physicians stepping into leadership roles outside of the C-suite Becker's has reported on since Jan. 16:

Indianapolis-based Riley Children's Health has named Mara Nitu, MD, as chief medical officer and Elaine Cox, MD, as chief physician executive.

Eric Newton, MD, has been named president of University Gastroenterology, the largest gastroenterology group in Rhode Island.

Arjun Venkatesh, MD, has been named chair of the department of emergency medicine at Yale University School of Medicine and chief of emergency medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital; both are in New Haven, Conn. He will assume the roles March 1. 

Mark Lee, MD, was named medical director of electrophysiology at MemorialCare Heart and Vascular Institute at Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center.

Dr. Margit Janát-Amsbury, PhD, was appointed chief medical officer of Halia Therapeutics, a Salt Lake City-based biopharmaceutical company.

Dr. Martha Gulati has been named the Anita Dann Friedman Endowed Chair in women's cardiovascular medicine and research for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. 

Dr. April Armstrong has been named vice president for orthopedic services for Penn State Health Medical Group, which treats patients throughout central Pennsylvania.

Kevin Heller, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Tallac Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company using innate and adaptive immunity to fight cancer.

Dr. Amre Nouh has been named regional chair of neurology for Cleveland Clinic Florida in Weston and will lead the clinic's Neuroscience Institute. 

AposHealth, a musculoskeletal medical device company, has selected Harry Leider, MD, as its next chief medical officer and executive vice president. 

Anne Borgman, MD, has joined the board of directors for NiKang Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focusing on the development of small molecule oncology medicines.