Leadership

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, issued an advisory May 23 on the effect social media can have on youth mental health.

The National Football League announced a leaguewide expansion of its NFL Diversity in Sports Medicine Pipeline Initiative.

Harry Severance, MD, adjunct assistant professor at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University School of Medicine, recently spoke with Becker's to discuss the biggest threats to physicians. 

Lindsay Grier Arthur, MD, is the newly appointed chair of the department of surgery at Saint Peter's University Hospital and surgeon-in-chief for the Children's Hospital at Saint Peter's in New Brunswick, N.J.

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare co-founder Thomas Frist, MD, is the wealthiest physician billionaire, according to Forbes' real-time net worth tracker.

Curtis Mills, MD, is the recipient of the Ralph O. Claypoole Sr. Memorial Award for devotion of a career in internal medicine to the care of patients from the American College of Physicians.

Here are six leadership moves Becker's has covered since May 11:

Christopher Trevino, MD, has been named vice president, physician executive of Baton Rouge (La.) Market Emergency Services for Our Lady of the Lake, according to a May 16 report from the Gonzales Weekly Citizen.

Damon Hays, DPM, has been selected as the vice president of Statesville, N.C.-based Iredell Health's Physician Network, Iredell Free News reported May 16. 

Clint Seger, MD, has been promoted from interim to permanent CEO of Billings (Mont.) Clinic, according to his May 15 interview with CBS affiliate KTVQ.