Here are 12 chief physician executive and physician-in-chief appointments that Becker's reported on in 2023:
- Matthew Davis, MD, was appointed executive vice president, enterprise physician-in-chief and chief scientific officer of Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children's Health.
- Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD, was appointed president and chief physician executive of City of Hope Los Angeles and National Medical Center.
- Phoenix Children's named Jared Muenzer, MD, as its next chief physician executive.
- Clinical research company WGC appointed Donna Snyder, MD, executive physician.
- Kevin Lewis, MD, was appointed senior vice president and chief physician executive of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System, which has 17 locations across Illinois and Wisconsin.
- Wyatt Decker, MD, former CEO of Optum Health, transitioned into the role of chief physician at UnitedHealth Group.
- Malissa Wood, MD, was appointed chief physician executive of the Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health Heart Institute.
- Richard Blinkhorn, MD, was appointed executive vice president and chief physician executive and clinical officer of Cleveland-based MetroHealth.
- Todd Smith, MD, was appointed the inaugural chief physician executive of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health.
- John Davidyock, MD, was appointed senior vice president and chief physician executive of Leesburg-based UF Health Central Florida.
- Christopher Trevino, MD, was named vice president and physician executive of Baton Rouge (La.) market emergency services for Our Lady of the Lake.
- Indianapolis-based Riley Children's Health named Elaine Cox, MD, as chief physician executive.