Chief Medical Officers

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Medical Group has tapped Mara Groom, DO, as its new chief medical officer. 

Jennifer Rogers, MD, has been named the new chief medical officer of Olean (N.Y.) General Hospital and Bradford (Pa.) Regional Medical Center, the Olean Times Herald reported Nov. 18. 

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Medical Group has tapped Timothy Liesching, MD, as its new vice president and chief medical officer. 

Evvy, a female-founded biotech startup, has appointed Kate McLean, MD, as the company's first chief medical officer.

Muskegon, Mich.-based Hackley Community Care has appointed Byron Varnado, MD, as its new chief medical officer, Shoreline Media reported Oct. 14. 

HCA Florida Ocala Hospital has appointed Dave MacIntyre, DO, as its new chief medical officer. He will also serve as CMO of HCA Florida West Marion Hospital, also in Ocala, effective immediately. 

Newark (N.J.) Beth Israel Medical Center named Scott Schissel, MD, PhD, its chief medical officer, ROI-NJ reported Aug. 8.

West Virginia University Medicine’s Thomas Hospital (South Charleston) has appointed Michael Sitler, MD, as their vice president and chief medical officer, effective July 15. 

Here are nine chief medical officers that have been named in the last 10 days, as reported by Becker's:

Joe Galante, MD, was named chief medical officer of hospital clinical care services at Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis, according to a July 1 LinkedIn post from the health system.