Leadership

For physicians looking to the business side of healthcare rather than the front lines of medicine, there are four key considerations that can help ensure success, according to a Jan. 22 Harvard Business Review article by Sachin Jain, MD, CEO…

Aaron Carroll, MD, chief health officer of Bloomington-based Indiana University, is stepping down from his role after being selected to serve as the next president and CEO of AcademyHealth, a Washington D.C.-based healthcare policy organization.

Kristin Higgins, MD, has been appointed chief clinical officer of City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta.

Mark Laperouse, MD, has been appointed strategic adviser of emergency medicine for Ventra Health.

Sanford Health Plan, the insurance arm of Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, has appointed Tommy Ibrahim, MD, as its next president and CEO.

Here are three physicians who have taken on CEO roles in 2024:

"Who is changing healthcare this new year? @costplusdrugs is!" businessman and investor Mark Cuban posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Jan. 1.

Press Ganey announced the recipients of its human experience awards Jan. 8.

Oral and maxillofacial surgeon was the physician specialty that ranked the highest in U.S. News and World Report's 2024 best job rankings released Jan. 10. 

Harvard University provost Alan Garber, MD, PhD, has been appointed interim president of the Cambridge, Mass.-based institution following the resignation of Claudine Gay, PhD.