Here are 28 physicians who stepped into chief medical officer roles in January, as reported by Becker's:
- Christopher Wright, MD, PhD, was tapped as the first chief medical officer and head of translational research for Ring Therapeutics, a gene therapy company.
- Dr. Nejat Zeyneloglu was named chief medical officer of Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I.
- Zócalo Health, a Seattle-based healthcare provider group designed for Latino patients, appointed Sarah Lopez, MD, its chief medical officer.
- Stephanie Cox-Batson, MD, was named chief medical officer of Unity Health Care, a healthcare network treating an estimated 100,000 patients in Washington, D.C., across nearly 30 sites.
- Todd Wilson, MD, has been named chief medical officer of EndoQuest Robotics, a medical device company developing an endoluminal robotic surgical system.
- Jeffrey Kent, MD, an internal medicine specialist, joined biopharmaceutical company Sling Therapeutics as its new chief medical officer.
- Clark Regional Medical Center in Winchester, Ky., appointed Crystal Kincaid, DPM, chief medical officer.
- Gary Palmer, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of oncology of BillionToOne, a molecular diagnostics company.
- Indianapolis-based Riley Children's Health named Mara Nitu, MD, as chief medical officer.
- Hicuity Health, a provider-to-provider telemedicine services innovator, named Young Ahn, MD, an anesthesiology and critical care specialist, as its chief medical officer.
- Kevin Heller, MD, was named chief medical officer of Tallac Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that aims to use innate and adaptive immunity to fight cancer.
- Dr. Margit Janát-Amsbury, PhD, was appointed chief medical officer of Halia Therapeutics, a Salt Lake City-based biopharmaceutical company.
- AposHealth, a musculoskeletal medical device company, selected Harry Leider, MD, to serve as its next chief medical officer and executive vice president.
- Mental health biopharmaceutical company Reunion Neuroscience tapped Robert Alexander, MD, as its chief medical officer.
- Kirk Sloan, MD, will step into the role of chief medical officer at Lawrence, Kan.-based LMH Health on March 6.
- Kevin Henning, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Elara Caring, a home-based healthcare provider operating in 16 states across the Northeast, Midwest and Southwest.
- Ije Akunyili, MD, was named chief medical officer of Jersey City Medical Center in New Jersey. Dr. Akunyili is the medical center's first Black CMO.
- CardioSolution, a cardiovascular service line provider in Cincinnati, appointed Alan Berger, MD, and Jasdeep Dalawari, MD, as regional chief medical officers.
- David Shook, MD, was promoted to chief medical officer for Nkarta, a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in San Francisco that develops natural killer cell therapy for cancer.
- Iahn Gonsenhauser, MD, was selected as chief medical officer of Lee Health, a public healthcare system based in Fort Myers, Fla.
- The University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville added anesthesiologist Timothy Morey, MD, as its chief medical officer.
- Virgin Pulse, a digital health and wellbeing company, selected Jeffrey Jacques, MD, as its next chief medical officer.
- Zamaneh Mikhak, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company TFF Pharmaceuticals.
- Biotechnology company Remix Therapeutics appointed Christopher Bowden, MD, its chief medical officer.
- John Jefferies, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Nuwellis, a medical technology company focusing on fluid management solutions.
- Parker Health selected Philip McDonald, MD, to serve as the biotechnology company's first chief medical officer.
- Samuel Cloud, DO, was named the chief medical officer of Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
- Rejuvenate Bio, an anti-aging gene therapy company based in San Diego, appointed Deborah Ascheim, MD, its first chief medical officer.