Leadership

Providence, R.I.-based Brown Health Medical Group Primary Care introduced Primary Care Select, a membership-based primary care service in Cranston, R.I. The service is accepting members ages 18 and older for an annual out-of-pocket fee of $2,400, according to an Oct.…

As health systems push deeper into the ambulatory setting, many are assembling medical groups at a scale and speed that tempts leaders to run everything from headquarters.  Sean Tedjarati, MD, sees it differently. As executive vice president, chief physician ambulatory…

Physicians largely still hold their patients’ confidence in the exam room. About 87% rate patient trust in their clinical judgment as high, according to Medscape’s 2026 Patient Relationships Index. But more than half said rising healthcare and insurance costs are…

In an Oct. 2 commentary published in Medscape, retired cardiologist Cleveland Francis Jr., MD, founder and former president of Mount Vernon Cardiology Associates, argued that physicians run into patient skepticism about their age at both the start and the end…

Washington Permanente Medical Group named Taejoon Ahn, MD, as CEO and executive medical director, effective Sept. 30. Dr. Ahn now leads the physician-owned medical group, which has over 1,200 clinicians caring for more than 550,000 Kaiser Permanente members, according to…

Here are 10 chief medical officer moves that occurred in September as reported by Becker’s: 1. Brendan Malik, MD, was named vice president of physician enterprise development and chief medical officer of Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare.  2. Sumbella Baqai, MD, was…

Here are eight physicians who made announcements to move into or out of the CEO role at hospitals and health systems in September, as reported by Becker’s:   1. David Callendar, MD, plans to retire at the end of 2026 as…

Sixty-three percent of OB-GYNs and 63% of general surgeons have been named in a malpractice lawsuit, according to a new report from Medscape. Across all specialties, 33% of physicians said they had been a sole defendant, a co-defendant or both…

Six physicians who built billion-dollar companies are seeing their personal fortunes climb, according to Forbes’ billionaire rankings. Thomas Frist Jr., MD — a former U.S. Air Force flight surgeon who co-founded HCA Healthcare with his father, Thomas Frist Sr., MD,…

Physicians make up a small but persistent share of American elected officials, and the 2026 midterms are testing how durable that presence is.  Below are the physicians currently serving in the Senate, House and as governor, followed by a closing…