Leadership

Patrick White, MD, PhD, is the recipient of the 2023 Josefina B. Magno Distinguished Hospice Physician Award from the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Sports medicine is the fastest growing physician specialty, growing by 42.5 percent between 2016 and 2021, according to the 2022 Physician Specialty Data Report from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Here are six power players in the growing field:

Here are 10 women to know who have taken on leadership roles, won awards and more throughout their careers.

Roger Mitty, MD, has been named chief operating officer and president of Care New England Medical Group, according to a March 20 report from Providence Business News.

Lehigh Valley Health Network has tapped Ravi Samy, MD, as its new chief of division of otolaryngology, head and neck surgery. 

Mark Rosenblatt, MD, PhD, executive dean for the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago, has been named interim CEO for the University of Illinois Hospitals and Clinics, pending approval from the board of trustees. 

Jay Barth, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Ascidian Therapeutics, a biotech drug development company. 

Here are nine physician leadership updates Becker's has reported on since March 10:

I practiced family medicine for more than 20 years before I discovered what I describe as “the secret sauce.”

Alex Jahangir, MD, has received the William W. Tipton Jr., MD, Leadership Award from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.