Author: Paige Haeffele

Greg Ford, PhD, was selected to serve as the inaugural dean of Amhurst, N.Y.-based Daemon University's College of Health Professions. 

Zócalo Health, a Seattle-based healthcare provider group designed for Latino patients, appointed Sarah Lopez, MD, its chief medical officer. 

Adam Kautzner, PharmD, was promoted to president of Express Scripts, a division of Evernorth, Cigna's health services business. 

Toby Cosgrove, MD, and David Lubarsky, MD, will serve as strategic advisers for Memora Health, a virtual healthcare management company.

Mark Lee, MD, was named medical director of electrophysiology at MemorialCare Heart and Vascular Institute at Long Beach (Calif.) Medical Center.

Xiaoyan Wang, PhD, has been named chief scientific officer of Melax Tech, a biomedical data technology company based in Houston.

Dr. Margit Janát-Amsbury, PhD, was appointed chief medical officer of Halia Therapeutics, a Salt Lake City-based biopharmaceutical company.

Here are 11 physicians who stepped into chief medical officer roles since Jan. 6, as reported by Becker's:

Saral Mehra, MD, and Dr. Manju Prasad received Yale Cancer Center Awards for Excellence in Clinical Care for their work at Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven, Conn. 

Kaiser Permanente selected Thuy Melvin, MD, to lead the group's Northern Virginia division as physician-in-chief.