Here are 10 physicians stepping into leadership roles Becker's has reported on since Feb. 7:
- Dahlia Philips, MD, was named medical director of the partnership in care special needs plan for MetroPlusHealth, a health insurer that is part of New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals.
- Janise Whitesell, MD, became the first elected female chief of medical staff in the history of Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Health System.
- Samuel Johnson, MD, was appointed chair of radiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.
- Harvey Castro, MD, was named chief clinical operations officer of ViTel Health, a telehealth and patient monitoring services platform provider.
- Healthcare services organization Avita Care Solutions appointed Christopher Hall, MD, as its first chief medical officer.
- Richard Makowiec, MD, was named chief surgical officer of Synergy Health Partners, a hospital staffing and management company.
- Bryan Becker, MD, was appointed national medical director of the Texas region for VillageMD, a healthcare services company with 680 practice locations across 26 markets.
- Andrew McNamara, MD, was selected to serve as the first chief medical officer of Trilogy Health Services, which operates nearly 130 senior living communities in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Ohio.
- Andrea Manyon, MD, was appointed chair of the department of family medicine at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo in New York.
- Jordan Berlin, MD, was appointed director of the division of hematology and oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.