Leadership

Kevin McGee, DO, was the recipient of the Axon Rise Awards' Jack Cover Medal of Heroism for his response to a cardiac arrest at a Buffalo Bills game, according to a March 2 report from WKBW. 

Daniel Carey, MD, has been appointed president of Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., according to a March 3 report from the Oakland Press.

Mark Freeman, MD, has been selected as the new chief medical adviser for bioskills training and cadaver lab Axis Research & Technologies. 

California Governor Gavin Newsom has appointed two physicians to the state's healthcare affordability board. 

Here are eight newly appointed CEOs, presidents and vice presidents reported by Becker's in February:

Cancer immunotherapy development company Marengo Therapeutics appointed Kevin Chin, MD, its chief medical officer. 

Seven healthcare leaders sit on Bloomberg's Billionaire Index as of March 1. 

Detroit-based Henry Ford Medical Group has added Brien Smith, MD, as its chair of the department of neurology. 

Sean Pinney, MD, has been named chief of cardiology at Mount Sinai Morningside in New York City.

Here are physicians who have taken on chief medical officer roles, as reported by Becker's.