Here are 32 physicians who were appointed to president roles that Becker's has reported on in 2023:
- Penny Castellano, MD, was appointed president of the Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare Physician Division and interim director of Emory Clinic.
- Henri Ford, MD, was named the 104th president of the American College of Surgeons.
- David Diaz, MD, was named the next president of the Indiana State Medical Association.
- Franck Rahaghi, MD, took over as president, CEO and chief medical officer of The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
- Mack Hinson, MD, was named president of Kinwell Medical Group, a Seattle-based primary care provider.
- Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD, was appointed president of City of Hope Los Angeles and National Medical Center.
- The Kentucky Medical Association installed Michael Kuduk, MD, as the organization's 173rd president.
- David Zaas, MD, was appointed president of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, N.C.
- Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, was appointed president and CEO of Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.
- Darrell Gray, MD, was named president of Wellpoint Maryland, the leading coordinator of Medicaid managed healthcare benefits in the state and a subsidiary of Elevance Health.
- Ira Monka, DO, was named the 127th president of the American Osteopathic Association.
- Oscar Marroquin, MD, was named senior vice president of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, president of the UPMC physician services division, and president of University of Pittsburgh Physicians.
- Elizabeth Cherot, MD, was named president and CEO of the March of Dimes. She is the organization's first physician leader.
- Chad Whelan, MD, was named the first physician president of Miami Valley Hospital, as well as system COO.
- Bruce Scott, MD, an otolaryngologist from Kentucky, was named president-elect of the American Medical Association.
- Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, was appointed president of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
- Paul Noble, MD, was named president-elect of the Association of American Physicians.
- Alejandro Quiroja, MD, was named president of Corewell Health West in Michigan.
- Ronald Place, MD, was named regional president and CEO of Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Julian Kim, MD, was named president of Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health Cancer Institute.
- Raul Ayala, MD, was selected as the new president of the California Academy of Family Physicians.
- Roger Mitty, MD, was named COO and president of Care New England Medical Group.
- Daniel Carey, MD, was appointed president of Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.
- John Espinola, MD, named president and CEO of PacificSource Health, a community health plan serving patients in Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington.
- Faisal Quereshy, MD, DDS, was named president of the American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery.
- Thomas MacGillivray, MD, was elected president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
- Eric Newton, MD, was named president of University Gastroenterology, the largest gastroenterology group in Rhode Island.
- Sharmila Dissanaike, MD, was elected the 2025 president of the American Burn Association.
- Lucio Gordon, MD, was named president and managing physician of the Fort Myers-based Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute.
- The Southern Surgical Association selected Kenneth Sharp, MD, as its new president.
- HCA Healthcare appointed Jackie Van Blaricum as its new president for its far West division.
Dr. Mouaz Al-Mallah was installed as president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology for the 2023 term.