- Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock appointed Karen Farst, MD, chief medical officer.
- William Brien, MD, was named chief medical officer of Desert Care Network, a group of hospitals and outpatient clinics operated by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare in California.
- Shawn Dufford, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Gulfport, Miss.-based Memorial Health System.
- Charlie Abraham, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of St. Bernardine Medical Center, a Dignity Health hospital in San Bernardino, Calif.
- Philip Heavner, MD, was named chief medical officer of Guthrie Cortland Medical Center in Cortland, N.Y.
- Michael Vasconcelles, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of ImmunoGen.
- BioXyTran named Leslie Ajayi, MD, PhD, interim chief medical officer and chief of the medical advisory board.
- Charisse Sparks, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Inspire Medical Systems.
- Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health named Gregory Rokosz, DO, chief medical officer for Old Bridge (N.J.) Medical Center and Raritan Bay Medical Center in Perth Amboy, N.J.
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