Daniel Miller, MD, PhD, has been appointed executive medical officer of EyeCare Partners.

Optum Health, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group's Optum, has named Amar Desai, MD, CEO.

Adrian Park, MD, has been named chief surgical officer of Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health.

Here are eight physician leadership updates Becker's has reported on since June 27:

Elizabeth Cherot, MD, has been named the president and CEO of the March of Dimes. She is the organization's first physician leader.

Malissa Wood, MD, has been appointed chief physician executive of the South Florida-based Lee Health Heart Institute, Lehigh Acres Citizen reported July 10.

The nursing team and staff at New York City-based Mount Sinai Morningside's cardiac catheterization lab have earned the American Association of Critical-Care's gold-level Beacon Award for Excellence, becoming the first gold-level unit in Mount Sinai Health System. 

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, physicians are constantly adapting and refining their practice strategies to provide the best care possible. 

Physicians Thrive has released their ranking of the top 10 best states to practice medicine.

David Lankford, MD, an Indiana-based pediatric intensivist, filed a lawsuit against Lutheran Medical Group to prevent his former employer from enforcing a noncompete agreement, according to a report in The Journal Gazette.

David Trofa, MD, has been appointed head team physician for the athletics program at Columbia University in New York City.

West Virginia emergency physician Tony Kelly, MD, has become the first director of the West Virginia First Foundation board, according to a July 5 report from MetroNews.

Chad Whelan, MD, has been named the first physician president of Miami Valley Hospital as well as system chief operating officer.

The Supreme Court ruled June 29 that U.S. universities and colleges cannot include race as a factor in admissions, saying such policies violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, according to The New York Times.

Anthony Fauci, MD, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has joined the faculty at the Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.

Three physicians have left Norton (Kan.) County Hospital after the 25-bed hospital fired former CEO Brian Kirk. 

Richard Blinkhorn, MD, has been appointed executive vice president and chief physician executive and clinical officer of Cleveland-based MetroHealth.

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From awards to appointments, here are nine leadership updates Becker's has reported on since June 1:

There are more than 305,000 physicians in the U.S., excluding anesthesiologists, cardiologists, dermatologists, emergency medicine physicians, family medicine physicians, general internal medicine physicians, neurologists, obstetricians and gynecologists, and pathologists, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.