Leadership

The board of directors of the American Board of Emergency Medicine elected two new physician members: John Finnell, MD, and Melissa Platt, MD.

Here are three recently appointed chief medical officers physicians should know: 

As physicians are leaving the field of medicine — some via retirement, some due to dissatisfaction and burnout and depression — what is motivating the ones who are staying to continue to practice?

Alan Garber, MD, PhD was appointed interim president of Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University Jan. 2 following the resignation of Claudine Gay, PhD.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons appointed Paul Tornetta III, MD, PhD, its 92nd president. 

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is one of the largest physician groups in the United States based on the number of physicians it employs. 

Among physicians who are parents, female physicians are more often conflicted by work demands when compared to male physicians, according to Medscape's "Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2024."

Benjamin "Kyle" Potter, MD, has been named the next chair of orthopedic surgery at Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine.

Advanced Urology Centers of New York, a division of Farmingdale, N.Y.-based Integrated Medical Professionals, was named the No. 1 physician practice with the most Top Doctors in urology care across the U.S. by Castle Connolly.

Here are five physicians at the helm of medical associations across the country, representing several specialties: