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Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, has been appointed president of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, effective Aug. 15.

Here's a timeline of the three-day strike involving over 150 resident physicians at NYC Health + Hospitals' Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York City:

Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare has tapped Mira Iliescu-Levine, MD, as its chief medical officer of network development and innovation. 

Deb Edberg, MD, is the inaugural chief wellness officer of Oak Street Health, a Chicago-based network of value-based primary care centers for Medicare patients.

Kenneth Wiseman, DO, and Steven Schmidt, DO, owners of Philadelphia-based Complete Physician Services, have agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle false claim violation allegations, the Justice Department reported May 24. 

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Burkhard Blank, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer and executive vice president of research and development for biopharmaceutical company MannKind.

Here are 15 notes on private equity moves that Becker's has covered so far in 2023:

Jeffrey Sutton, DO, of Niles, Ohio, has been sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $170,000 for illegally distributing controlled substances and healthcare fraud, the Justice Department reported May 23. 

Derek Lado, DO, and his Grand Rapids, Mich.-based practice Elite Medical Spine & Musculoskeletal Center have agreed to pay $135,871 to resolve false claims allegations, the Justice Department reported May 23.