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Sam Amirfar, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City, according to a May 23 report from the Brooklyn Eagle.

Here are 14 anti-kickback cases Becker's has covered so far in 2023:

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, issued an advisory May 23 on the effect social media can have on youth mental health.

The National Football League announced a leaguewide expansion of its NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative.

Here are five figures unnerving physicians:

Lindsay Grier Arthur, MD, is the newly appointed chair of the department of surgery at Saint Peter's University Hospital and surgeon-in-chief for the Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's in New Brunswick, N.J.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare co-founder Thomas Frist, MD, is the wealthiest physician billionaire, according to Forbes' real-time net worth tracker.

Former Denton, Texas physician Stanley Charles Evans was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison for drug trafficking violations.

Electronic health records could negatively affect healthcare team well-being, according to a study published May 12 in JAMA Network.

Michael Le, MD, has been named chief medical officer of physician-led organization WelbeHealth, a California-based program of all-inclusive care for older adults.