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Anaeze Offodile, MD, has been appointed chief strategy officer of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

The hours a physician spends on paperwork and administration per week do not necessarily align with burnout rates, according to a comparison of data from recent Medscape reports. 

Indiana's house of representatives have voted in favor of a noncompete ban bill for only primary care physicians, excluding specialty physicians, IndyStar reported April 21. 

Illinois emergency medicine physician Nathan Jones, MD, has been selected for a yearlong study with NASA, according to an April 21 report from ABC affiliate WICS.

From lawsuits and litigation to criminal charges and fraud, here are 10 physician legal cases Becker's has covered since April 5:

Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., is seeking legal action against the Committee of Interns and Residents, which represents resident physicians and fellows at the hospital, according to an April 20 report from DCist.

Oncologist Richard McDonough, MD, is the recipient of the 2023 Dorothy Green Phillips Legacy Award from the Florida Society of Clinical Oncology.

Karen Shelton, MD, has been appointed Virginia's state health commissioner by Governor Glenn Youngkin.

Iowa physician Amanda Moreno, DO, has sued her former employer Mahaska Health Partnership for alleged discrimination, according to an April 19 report from the Iowa Capital Dispatch.

Lindsay Grier Arthur, MD, has been named 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.