Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has hired Carlos Becerra, MD, as its Hoag Family Cancer Institute's medical director of cancer research.
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Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health has appointed Faiz Bhora as its first regional chair of surgery for the Central region.
Levittown, Pa.-based physician Kenneth Fox, DO, has agreed to pay $489,025 to resolve allegations he violated the Controlled Substances Act, the U.S. Justice Department said Nov. 14.
Hingham, Mass.-based emergency room physician Frank Duggan, MD, is making a fifth trip to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February, ABC affiliate WCVB reported Nov. 13.
Nurse practitioners working in the hospital inpatient setting earned the highest wages in 2021 at $126,000 on average, according to Medscape's 2022 APRN Compensation Report.
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The majority of self-employed physicians say their favorite thing about the job is having lots of autonomy, according to Medscape's newest "Self-Employed Physicians Report," which surveyed over 740 physicians across the country.
Workflow Services, an automated platform focused on service delivery for pharmacies, named former CVS Health Senior Vice President Nancy Gagliano, MD, as an adviser.
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds named plastic surgeon Eugene Cherny, MD, to the Iowa Board of Medicine, Dr. Cherny shared in a Nov. 10 email to Becker's.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Emergency Care Specialists offers its employees the opportunity to take a sabbatical, giving them month-long blocks of paid time off, according to a Nov. 9 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Reading, Penn.-based Tower Health has named Eugene Reilly, MD, as its new vice president and chief medical information officer, according to a Nov. 10 report from local news station BCTV.