Anthony Fauci, MD, said Aug. 22 that he will step down from his role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in December.
Category: Leadership & Management
Riverside Healthcare CEO: ‘Staff cannot provide attentive care when they are afraid for their personal safety’
Amid a rise in violence against healthcare workers, Phillip Kambic, president and CEO of Kankakee, Ill.-based Riverside Healthcare, is speaking out in support of a violence-free workplace and calling for civility from the public.
Albany Medical Center to dedicate pavilion to former CEO
Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center Physicians Pavilion will be renamed the James J. Barba Physicians Pavilion in honor of the hospital’s president emeritus.
Former UT Medical Center board chair dies
William Rukeyser, former board of directors chair at Knoxville-based University of Tennessee Medical Center, died Aug. 16.
California plan to invest $4.7B in children’s mental health
California plans to invest $4.7 billion to increase access to mental health and substance use services for individuals 25 and younger.
14 women making moves in healthcare
The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker’s since Aug. 12.
‘It is physicians in the room with the patient, not lawmakers’: Medical groups oppose Idaho abortion law
Ten medical organizations have come out in support of the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Idaho that opposes the state’s near-total abortion ban.
Dr. Raymond Damadian, inventor of the first MRI scanner, dies at 86
Raymond Damadian, MD, who built the first MRI scanner more than forty years ago, died Aug. 3, The New York Times reported Aug. 17. He was 86.
Scripps Health welcomes 3 members to board
Two attorneys and one retired U.S. district judge have been elected to Scripps Health’s 17-member board of trustees.
28 women who made hospital CEO in 2022
The following moves by women to a hospital or health system CEO role have been reported by or shared with Becker’s this year:
