Leadership

Sharmila Makhija, MD, has been appointed founding dean and CEO of the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine, a medical degree program seeking accreditation in Bentonville, Ark.

Johnson & Johnson has appointed John Reed, MD, PhD, to its executive committee as executive vice president of pharmaceuticals, research and development.

Here are three fraud cases involving physicians that Becker's has reported on since Feb. 3:

South Carolina-based Prisma Health has established a $3 million endowment to go towards an endowed chair position in molecular oncology research, according to a Feb. 13 report from the Greenville Journal.

Two physician leaders recently connected with Becker's to discuss the healthcare trends they are wary of. 

Janise Whitesell, MD, has become the first elected female chief of medical staff in the history of Brunswick-based Southeast Georgia Health System.

Samuel Johnson, MD, has been appointed chair of radiology at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit.

Lansing, Mich.-based E.W. Sparrow Hospital has named Margaret Dimond, PhD, its new president. 

Harvey Castro, MD, has been named chief clinical operations officer of ViTel Health, a telehealth and patient monitoring services platform provider.

Here are three physician leaders who have announced their resignation since Jan. 3: