Leadership

Julie Park, MD, has been appointed chair of the department of oncology for St. Jude's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.

Ajay Gopal, MD, has been named the Stephen Petersdorf Endowed Chair in cancer care at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.

Mary Billstrand, MD, has been named chair of the department of anesthesiology in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine in Memphis. She will assume the role April 1.

Greg Ford, PhD, was selected to serve as the inaugural dean of Amhurst, N.Y.-based Daemon University's College of Health Professions. 

Zócalo Health, a Seattle-based healthcare provider group designed for Latino patients, appointed Sarah Lopez, MD, its chief medical officer. 

Here are four physicians joining the boards of companies and organizations Becker's has reported on since Jan. 18. 

Dr. Jay Shah has been appointed chief growth officer of Duo Health, a medical group focusing on patients with chronic and end-stage kidney disease.

John Espinola, MD, has been named president and CEO of PacificSource Health, a community health plan serving patients in Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Washington. He will take the position effective April 3.

Peter Rosenberg, MD, has been elected chief of medical staff at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, Cal.

Faisal Quereshy, MD, DDS, has been named president of the American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery.