Chief Medical Officers

Samir Akach, MD, has been named vice president and chief medical officer at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Fla.

Chris Thomson, MD, has been appointed chief medical and transformation officer of Portland-based MaineHealth.

David Sinclair, MD, has been named chief medical officer of AdventHealth Daytona Beach in Florida, according to a May 3 report from the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Here are eight physicians who took on chief medical officer roles in April:

John Hall, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center.

Ariella Kelman, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Biora Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focusing on needle-free delivery of therapeutics.

Eva Slavcheva, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of St. David's Georgetown Hospital in Georgetown, Texas.

Helen Messier, MD, PhD, has been promoted to chief medical officer of Fountain Life, which uses artificial intelligence to improve disease detection and longevity for patients.

Health insurance marketplace Covered California has appointed Monica Soni, MD, chief medical officer.

Kenneth Wood, DO, has been appointed executive vice president and chief medical officer of Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health.