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.
Leadership
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.
Here are nine Amazon moves physicians should know that Becker's reported on in June:
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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.
Eugene Hong, MD, has been named chief medical officer of World Lacrosse, the international governing body of lacrosse spanning across 83 nations.
President Joe Biden will appoint Mandy Cohen, MD, former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, as director of the CDC.
Rajiv Patel, MD, has been appointed CEO of Stillwater, Minn.-based Bluestone Physician Services, the largest on-site primary care provider for assisted living communities in the country with locations in Florida, Minnesota and Wisconsin.