Leadership

Kevin Lewis, MD, has been appointed senior vice president and chief physician executive of Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System, which has 17 locations across Illinois and Wisconsin.

Independence Health System, the organization formed by the merger of Butler (Pa.) Health System and Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health System, has named its next chief medical officer and president of the physician and provider network.

Optum Health's former CEO Wyatt Decker, MD, is transitioning into the role of chief physician at UnitedHealth Group.

David Kim, MD, has been appointed CEO of MemorialCare Medical Group, which includes Greater Newport Physicians and over 200 outpatient care centers, effective Aug. 21.

Oscar Marroquin, MD, has been named senior vice president of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, president of the UPMC physician services division, and president of University of Pittsburgh Physicians.

Becker's recently connected with Andrew Boxer, MD, a physician with Woodland Park-based Gastroenterology Associates of New Jersey, to learn why he chose this speciality and hear his perspective on what makes New Jersey a great place to practice.

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: