- Kevin Henning, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Elara Caring, a home-based healthcare provider operating in 16 states across the Northeast, Midwest and Southwest.
- Ije Akunyili, MD, was named chief medical officer of Jersey City Medical Center in New Jersey. Dr. Akunyili is the medical center’s first Black CMO.
- CardioSolution, a cardiovascular service line provider in Cincinnati, appointed Alan Berger, MD, and Jasdeep Dalawari, MD, as regional chief medical officers. The pair will work with specific hospitals to expand cardiac care to rural communities and oversee administration and clinical teams in their region.
- David Shook, MD, was promoted to chief medical officer for Nkarta, a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in San Francisco that develops natural killer cell therapy for cancer.
- Iahn Gonsenhauser, MD, was selected as chief medical officer of Lee Health, a public healthcare system based in Fort Myers, Fla.
- The University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville added anesthesiologist Timothy Morey, MD, as its chief medical officer.
- Virgin Pulse, a digital health and wellbeing company, selected Jeffrey Jacques, MD, as its next chief medical officer.
- Zamaneh Mikhak, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company TFF Pharmaceuticals.
- Parker Health selected Philip McDonald, MD, to serve as the biotechnology company’s first chief medical officer.
- Biotechnology company Remix Therapeutics appointed Christopher Bowden, MD, its chief medical officer.
- John Jefferies, MD, was appointed chief medical officer of Nuwellis, a medical technology company focusing on fluid management solutions.
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