Leadership

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. 

Healthcare services company Press Ganey is naming Amy Compton-Phillips, MD, as its consulting division's president and chief clinical officer.

Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare is naming Raylene Platel, MD, as vice president of graduate medical education.

Atlanta-based eye care services network EyeSouth Partners has completed affiliations with Homewood, Ill.-based Arbor Centers for EyeCare and Chicago Eye Institute.

Morgantown-based West Virginia University Medicine is appointing Tom Takubo, DO, as executive vice president of provider relations.

Spike Lipschutz, MD, received a lifetime achievement award from Westfair Communications Doctors of Distinction, according to Sept. 26 reporting in the Greenwich Sentinel.