Detroit-based Henry Ford Health has appointed Tim Peterson, MD, as the new chief medical officer for Henry Ford Allegiance Medical Group.
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Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health named Dr. Faiz Bhora the network's first regional chair of surgery.
Orlando (Fla.) Health Horizon West Hospital has tapped Maggie Bonko as its new chief operating officer.
The Michigan State Medical Society has appointed Tom George, MD, as its interim CEO beginning on Nov. 18.
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.
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.
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.
