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Former Pennsylvania physician John Keun Sang Lee, MD, was sentenced in federal court March 7 after being convicted for healthcare fraud.

There are over 500,000 practicing physicians in the U.S., according to 2022 data from consumer data platform Statista.

Medford, Ore.-based health system Asante is warning patients that their medical records may have been accessed by an unauthorized physician over the span of nine years, according to a March 8 report from The HIPAA Journal.

A proposed bill would allow Oklahoma's governor to directly appoint members of the board that decides who gets a license to practice medicine in the state and regulates physicians, NPR affiliate KOSU reported March 6. 

Columbia University in New York City has received a $175 gift to establish the Vagelos Institute for Biomedical Research.

March is Women's History Month, and it's a good time for female leaders to think about how they can support women in the workplace and promote greater equality.

A quarter of Massachusetts physicians are planning to leave medicine in coming years, according to the Massachusetts Medical Society's "Supporting MMS Physicians' Well-Being Report." 

Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., has received four grants from the Duke Endowment totaling over $1.1 million to improve health in communities across the state.

Kurt Peterson, DO, has joined the team of specialists at Phoenix-based Advanced Fertility Care. 

James Luketich, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh Physicians have finalized a settlement agreement to resolve a lawsuit filed against them in September 2021.