Chief Medical Officers

Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital tapped Catherine Krawczeski, MD, as its next chief medical officer.

The Department of Veterans Affairs appointed Susan Bray-Hall, MD, as chief medical officer for its Rocky Mountain Network.

Heartland Whole Health Institute, which is affiliated with Bentonville, Ark.-based Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, appointed John Findley, MD, as its chief medical officer. 

UF Health St. Johns in St. Augustine, Fla., appointed Huson Gilberstadt, MD, as chief medical officer and Kerry Watson as interim CEO.

Here are 13 physicians that have stepped in to chief medical officer roles since April 16, as reported by Becker's:

Cleveland-based MetroHealth System appointed Marie Crandall, MD, chair of its department of surgery.

McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey has appointed John Kennedy, MD, as chief medical officer.

Elham Yousef, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Hackensack Meridian Health's Bayshore Medical Center in Holmdel, N.J.

Providence Health Plan, the insurance division of Renton, Wash.-based Providence, appointed Laurel Soot, MD, chief medical officer. 

Here are five recent numbers that have left chief medical officers wary: