Leadership

James Swift, MD, has been appointed to Pediatrix Medical Group's board of directors. 

VarmX, a biotechnology company focused on the development of therapies to reverse blood coagulation, named Jeffery Lawson, MD, PhD, its chief scientific officer. 

Portland-based Maine Medical Partners has added four new specialty physicians to its team, which is currently the largest in the state, according to a March 7 press release. 

Bruce Gewertz, MD, has been named vice dean of clinical development and faculty affairs at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He will take on this role in addition to his current position as surgeon-in-chief for the medical center.

Maternova, a marketplace for innovative maternal and neonatal medical products, has selected Gabriela Salvador, MD, as its new CEO and member of its board of directors. 

Nicole Lohr, MD, is now chair for the American College of Cardiology Board of Governors and a secretary of the organization's board of trustees. 

Elsie Taveras, MD, chief community health and health equity officer for Boston-based Mass General Brigham health system, has been appointed to the Boston Public Health Commission's Board of Health. 

Andrew Tucker, MD, has been named outstanding team physician by the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society.

Fountain Life, a preventive healthcare artificial intelligence company, has appointed Mark Hyman, MD, to its medical advisory board. 

Vladimir Kalinichenko, MD, PhD, has been selected to serve as director of the Phoenix Children's Research Institute at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix.