Leadership

Biopharmaceutical company focusing on hard-to-treat cancers Xenetic Biosciences is adding Allan Tsung, MD, to its scientific advisory board.

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Oncology therapeutics developer Viewpoint has appointed Markus Puhlmann, MD, as its chief medical officer. 

David Weintritt, MD, a breast cancer surgeon, is joining the Virginia Cancer Specialists cancer treatment team.

Jone Flanders, DO, is joining San Diego-based Physician Retraining & Reentry as a senior medical adviser.

Nick Turkal, MD, has joined remote cardiac monitoring company Lohman Technologies as chief medical adviser.

Trauma surgeon Amy Goldberg, MD, was named the first female dean of Philadelphia-based Temple University's medical school, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Sept. 29.

Rakesh Arora, MD, PhD, joined Cleveland-based University Hospitals at its Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute, the health system said Sept. 29.

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Kimberly Becher, MD, has been promoted to chief medical officer at Rock Cave-based Community Care of West Virginia, where she has been working as a family physician since 2014, according to a Sept. 29 report from The Inter-Mountain.