32 new physician presidents in 2023

Here are 32 physicians who were appointed to president roles that Becker's has reported on in 2023:

1. Penny Castellano, MD, was appointed president of the Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare Physician Division and interim director of Emory Clinic.
2. Henri Ford, MD, was named the 104th president of the American College of Surgeons.
3. David Diaz, MD, was named the next president of the Indiana State Medical Association.
4. Franck Rahaghi, MD, took over as president, CEO and chief medical officer of The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
5. Mack Hinson, MD, was named president of Kinwell Medical Group, a Seattle-based primary care provider.
6. Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD, was appointed president of City of Hope Los Angeles and National Medical Center.
7. The Kentucky Medical Association installed Michael Kuduk, MD, as the organization's 173rd president.
8. David Zaas, MD, was appointed president of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, N.C.
9. Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, was appointed president and CEO of Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.
10. Darrell Gray, MD, was named president of Wellpoint Maryland, the leading coordinator of Medicaid managed healthcare benefits in the state and a subsidiary of Elevance Health.
11. Ira Monka, DO, was named the 127th president of the American Osteopathic Association.
12. Oscar Marroquin, MD, was named senior vice president of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, president of the UPMC physician services division, and president of University of Pittsburgh Physicians.
13. Elizabeth Cherot, MD, was named president and CEO of the March of Dimes. She is the organization's first physician leader.
14. Chad Whelan, MD, was named the first physician president of Miami Valley Hospital, as well as system COO.
15. Bruce Scott, MD, an otolaryngologist from Kentucky, was named president-elect of the American Medical Association.
16. Jochen Reiser, MD, PhD, was appointed president of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
17. Paul Noble, MD, was named president-elect of the Association of American Physicians.
18. Alejandro Quiroja, MD, was named president of Corewell Health West in Michigan.
19. Ronald Place, MD, was named regional president and CEO of Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center in Sioux Falls, S.D.
20. Julian Kim, MD, was named president of Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health Cancer Institute.
21. Raul Ayala, MD, was selected as the new president of the California Academy of Family Physicians.
22. Roger Mitty, MD, was named COO and president of Care New England Medical Group.
23. Daniel Carey, MD, was appointed president of Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich.
24. John Espinola, MD, named president and CEO of PacificSource Health, a community health plan serving patients in Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington.
25. Faisal Quereshy, MD, DDS, was named president of the American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery.
26. Thomas MacGillivray, MD, was elected president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
27. Eric Newton, MD, was named president of University Gastroenterology, the largest gastroenterology group in Rhode Island.
28. Sharmila Dissanaike, MD, was elected the 2025 president of the American Burn Association.
29. Lucio Gordon, MD, was named president and managing physician of the Fort Myers-based Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute.
30. The Southern Surgical Association selected Kenneth Sharp, MD, as its new president.
31. HCA Healthcare appointed Jackie Van Blaricum as its new president for its far West division.

Dr. Mouaz Al-Mallah was installed as president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology for the 2023 term.