Iahn Gonsenhauser, MD, has been selected as chief medical officer of Lee Health, a public healthcare system based in Fort Myers, Fla. 

The University of Florida Health Shands Hospital has added physicians Timothy Morey, MD, as its chief medical officer and Jennifer Hunt, MD, as chief of staff. 

A Chicago value-based primary care center for Medicare patients, Oak Street Health, has appointed its first chief wellness officer, Deb Edberg, MD, according to a Jan. 9 report from Market Screener.

Arturo Saavedra, MD, PhD, has been appointed dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond. He will also serve as executive vice president of medical affairs for VCU Health System.

The West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute in Morgantown is participating in a study on Endotronix's Cordella Pulmonary Artery Pressure Sensor System as part of the a pivotal trial sponsored by Endotronix.

Virgin Pulse, a digital health and wellbeing company, has selected Jeffrey Jacques, MD, to serve as its next chief medical officer, the company announced in a Jan. 9 release.

Zamaneh Mikhak, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company TFF Pharmaceuticals. 

Cleveland Clinic has appointed Sheila Miller, DNP, as the chief nursing officer of its London location. 

Parker Health has selected Philip McDonald, MD, as its first chief medical officer.

Remix Therapeutics has appointed Christopher Bowden, MD, as chief medical officer.

John Jefferies, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Nuwellis, a Minnesota-based medical technology company focusing on fluid management solutions.

Matthew Christiansen, MD, was named the next state health officer and commissioner of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Bureau for Public Health.

Healthcare industry revenue cycle management company Savista has hired Karen Moore as its senior director of revenue cycle solutions. 

Miriam Parsa, MD, has been appointed chief pediatric medical officer for Cottage Health, a healthcare system based in Santa Barbara, Calif. 

Maryland-based Meritus Health has selected the first associate dean and chief medical officer for the proposed Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine in Hagerstown, Md., the Hagerstown Herald-Mail reported Jan. 5.

HCA Healthcare has appointed Jackie DeSouza-Van Blaricum as its new president for the far West division, overseeing eight hospitals and several healthcare facilities in Las Vegas and California, according to a Jan. 3 report from the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

As 2023 kicks off, the American Medical Association has highlighted nine key mistakes that chief wellness officers will want to avoid at work this year, including taking on too much work and trying too hard to please everyone. 

Raashan Williams, MD, has been named medical director of the Catheterization Laboratory at the Jersey City Medical Center in New Jersey, the Hudson County View reported Jan. 3.

Claudia Gidea, MD, has been appointed medical director of heart transplant, mechanical circulatory support and advanced heart failure at Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center.

Samuel Cloud, DO, has been named the chief medical officer of Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y., the center announced in a release Jan. 3.