Author: Staff

Pat Basu, MD, has joined the leadership team of Varsity Healthcare Partners as managing partner.

Cheryl Rice, MD, has been appointed to serve a two-year term as medical chief of staff at Community Memorial Healthcare in Marysville, Kan., effective Jan. 1.

North Oaks Medical Center in Hammond, La., has appointed 10 physicians to serve on its executive committee and act as liaisons between the medical staff and the health system's board of commissioners.

James Krueger, MD, PhD, has been named co-chair of the medical advisory board for the American Skin Association.

Toby Cosgrove, MD, has joined the advisory board of Tomorrow Health, a home-based healthcare company established in 2021.

Dr. Jose Mena will join Hammond, La.-based North Oaks Cardiovascular Services, The Advocate reported Jan. 30. 

Dr. Hesham Sadek, PhD, has been awarded the outstanding investigator award by the National Institutes of Health.

Here are 7 physicians that have been appointed to chair positions that Becker's has reported on since Jan. 18:

Andrew Mulberg, MD, has entered into a consulting agreement with Jaguar Health, a pharmaceutical company developing prescription medicines for gastrointestinal distress.

Christopher Wright, MD, PhD, has been tapped as the first chief medical officer and head of translational research for Ring Therapeutics, a gene therapy company. He will assume his new role Feb. 7.