Leadership

Jennifer Cohen, MD, has been named chief medical officer for the Connecticut Institute for Communities, The Middletown Press reported Sept. 3. 

From job complexity to talented coworkers, three physician leaders joined Becker's to discuss what they like the most about their job. 

Mack Hinson, MD, has been named the next president of Kinwell Medical Group, a Seattle-based primary care provider.

Here are nine physicians who have taken on or stepped down from top leadership roles reported by Becker's since Aug. 1:

Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD, has been appointed president of City of Hope Los Angeles and National Medical Center, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the country.

The Kentucky Medical Association installed Michael Kuduk, MD, as the organization's 173rd president during an annual meeting, Kentucky Today reported Aug. 29.

Phoenix Children's has named Jared Muenzer, MD, as its next chief physician executive.

Nandita Gupta, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth's St. John Medical Center in Longview, effective Aug. 28.

Ballad Health has reconfigured its chief medical officer structure in efforts to strengthen the system's physician leadership. 

Nurse practitioners with doctorates have increasingly been pushing back on states' moves to address whether nonphysicians can be called doctors, The Washington Post reported Aug. 20.