Leadership

Molecular diagnostics company CellMax Life has expanded its medical advisory board to add GI and colorectal cancer experts to the team. 

Five physicians have joined the recently formed Breast Cancer Clinical Advisory Board for Anixa BioSciences, a biotechnology company working towards the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious diseases.

Dr. Rahul Gupta has been presented with the American Medical Association's award for outstanding government service.

Wendy Chung, MD, PhD, has been selected as the next chief of pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital. 

Debra Houry, MD, chief medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been awarded the American Medical Association's award for outstanding government service, according to a Feb. 15 report from the organization. 

Timothy Tesmer, MD, was named the next chief medical officer of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Public Health.

Johnson & Johnson has added Paula Johnson, MD, president of Wellesley (Mass.) College to its board of directors.

David Huang, MD, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering for co-inventing optical coherence tomography.

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.