Chief Medical Officers

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:

Gratia Pitcher, MD, has been selected as chief medical officer of Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health.

Here are 111 chief medical appointments that Becker's has reported on in 2023:

St. Mary’s Health Care System, an Athens, Ga.-based member of Trinity Health, has appointed Eric Schuck, MD, its chief medical officer.