Leadership

Karen Shelton, MD, has been appointed Virginia's state health commissioner by Governor Glenn Youngkin.

Lindsay Grier Arthur, MD, has been named 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.

Alex Jahangir, MD, currently serves as vice chair of orthopedic surgery and director of the division of orthopedic trauma at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., and recently received the William W. Tipton Jr., MD, Leadership Award from the…

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Hospital and Clinics has appointed three physicians to leadership positions within the health system.

University of Louisville (Ky.) Health Chief Medical Officer Jason Smith, MD, PhD, has joined the call for stricter regulations on firearms, according to an April 12 report from the Lexington Herald Leader.

Cellarity, a life sciences company, named a new chief data officer, CFO and two department vice presidents.

Jason Fish, MD, will serve as the next CEO of New Haven, Conn.-based Yale Health. 

Nine physician billionaires made Forbes' 37th annual list of the world's richest people in 2023.

William Hahn, MD, PhD, is one of three recipients of the Hope Funds 2023 Award of Excellence. The award is given to individuals who have contributed to basic, clinical and medical research in cancer or prominent advocacy and philanthropy for…

Jordan Berlin, MD, is a 2022 recipient of the National Cancer Institute Director’s Award.