Leadership

More than 35,000 physicians became board-certified in 2022, with a record 975,000 physicians nationwide now certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the board's annual report found.

Deb Edberg, MD, is the inaugural chief wellness officer of Oak Street Health, a Chicago-based network of value-based primary care centers for Medicare patients.

Companies announced 565 CEO exits in the first four months of 2023, according to one new analysis.

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: