Karen Pinsky, MD, has been appointed CEO of Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa. According to an April 9 news release, Dr. Pinsky has served as interim CEO of the hospital since July 2024 after five years…
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Here are eight things to know about how recent federal funding cuts have affected academic medical centers: 1. On April 4, a federal judge in Massachusetts issued a permanent injunction to block the Trump administration’s proposal to limit medical research…
A recent study conducted by Jackson Physician Search and LocumTenens.com found that while most physicians still view medicine as a calling, that feeling deteriorates over the course of their careers. The report, “Is Medicine Still a Calling? Exploring Physician Attitudes…
Jacksonville (Fla.) Orthopaedic Institute is set to lay off more than 300 employees and close six clinics following its recent buyout by Baptist Health. Here are five things to know: 1. A group of JOI physicians has signed an agreement…
Robert Lookstein, MD, was appointed president of the Society of Interventional Radiology on April 1. Dr. Lookstein is an interventional radiologist and professor of radiology and surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City,…
According to a new study by the Neiman Healthy Policy Institute, office-based physicians are interpreting hundreds of thousands of medical images they ordered themselves each year, rather than sending them to trained radiologists. The study, published April 1 in the…
Forbes released its annual World’s Billionaires list on April 1, highlighting the globe’s wealthiest individuals, including nine physicians. Collectively, the world’s billionaires now hold a combined fortune of $16.1 trillion, marking an increase of nearly $2 trillion from 2024. Below…
Physicians spend years in education and medical training sharpening their clinical skills and knowledge, while learning to foster connections with patients. However, for many young and ambitious physicians, the transition into full-time practice brings them face-to-face with a whole new…
Current and former officials at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville have come forward to defend Craig Kent, MD, the system’s former CEO and vice president for health affairs at the university, The Daily Progress reported March 31. …
Managing group practices with multiple physicians comes with the careful balancing act of managing each individual physician while maintaining overall practice cohesion and efficiency. Bruce Parker, the practice manager of Northeast Georgia Plastic Surgery in Gainseville, recently joined Becker’s to…