Leadership

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.

Here are the leaders of the five largest physicians groups:

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care is expecting to employ ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence tools for physicians next week, CBS MoneyWatch reported May 8. 

Georgia physician Lionel Meadows, MD, died in a plane crash May 7, according to a May 9 report from Now Habersham.

Here are 46 CEOs who have left or announced plans to leave their positions that Becker's has reported on so far in 2023:

The Alice L. Walton School of Medicine in Bentonville, Ark., appointed Ken Hopper, MD, Angela Pierce, PhD, and Quoc-Anh Thai, MD, to assistant dean positions. 

Three physicians were included on the "New York 2023 Power of Diversity: Asian 100" list from City & State New York:

Retired Seattle-based physician Jonathan Sugarman, MD, died May 1 during a climbing expedition on Mount Everest, according to a CNN report.