Leadership

Phoenix-based Banner Health has hired Michael Kupferman, MD, as senior vice president of physician enterprise.

Adam Seidner, MD, a medical policy developer with a focus on worker's compensation and disability management, has been added to Harvard MedTech's (Las Vegas) advisory board. 

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.