Todd Smith, MD, has been named the inaugural chief physician executive of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, effective June 12.
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Richard Isaacs, MD, has been named dean of the California Northstate University School of Medicine in Elk Grove, according to a June 4 report from The Sacramento Bee.
President Joe Biden is expected to appoint Mandy Cohen, MD, former secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, to head the CDC after Rochelle Walensky, MD, steps down June 30, according to The Washington Post.
Sharmila Makhija, MD, MBA, founding Dean and CEO of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Ark., recently joined Becker's to share her vision and goals for the school.
The California Medical Association was recognized by the National Association of Asian Pacifics in Politics and Public Affairs as one of its 2023 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champions.
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Robert Harrington, MD, has been appointed the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City and provost for medical affairs of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y.
Karen Kim, MD, had been appointed dean of the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa.
From new presidents to medical directors, here are 17 leadership updates Becker's has reported on in May:
Melissa Frandsen, MD, has been appointed medical director of Tulsa (Okla.) Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital owned by Saint Francis Health System and NKD Rehab.
John Davidyock, MD, has been appointed senior vice president and chief physician executive of Leesburg-based UF Health Central Florida.