Here are eight physician leadership updates Becker's has reported on since June 27:
- Elizabeth Cherot, MD, was named the president and CEO of the March of Dimes. She is the organization's first physician leader.
- Malissa Wood, MD, was appointed chief physician executive of the Fort Meyers, Fla.-based Lee Health Heart Institute.
- National services organization Endeavors appointed Priti Mody-Bailey, MD, as its first chief medical officer.
- David Trofa, MD, was appointed head team physician for the athletics program at Columbia University in New York City.
- West Virginia emergency physician Tony Kelly, MD, became the first director of the West Virginia First Foundation board, which is charged with distributing opioid settlement funds in the state.
- Chad Whelan, MD, was named the first physician president of Miami Valley Hospital as well as system chief operating officer.
- Anthony Fauci, MD, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, joined the faculty at the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.
- Richard Blinkhorn, MD, was appointed executive vice president and chief physician executive and clinical officer of Cleveland-based MetroHealth.