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Hiring
THE American Medical Association named Atlanta internist Sandra Fryhofer as its new president-elect. Fryhofer, who is currently professor of medicine at Emory Universitywill be inaugurated at the AMA in June 2027.
Clever Care Health Plan welcomed Magda Lenartowicz as Chief Medical and Innovation Officer. A physician by training, Lenartowicz most recently served as chief medical officer for a network of health care providers. To rent out.
CMS has hired Melissa Fannin as chief workforce strategy officer. She has held leadership roles in healthcare organizations in the past, having previously served as chief growth officer at Élevance Santé and vice president of business development at The best.
Cocrystal Pharma has named James Sapirstein as its new CEO. This is not the first time he has served as CEO of a pharmaceutical company, having held the position at Contravir Pharmaceuticals (now Hepion Pharmaceuticals) and Tobira Therapeutics, acquired by Allergan.
Prana Surgical has appointed Natasha Bond as chief operating officer. In the past, she served as a compliance manager at a medical device company. Health Sana.
Please refer carefully welcomed Eric Rosow as its new CEO. Earlier in his career, Rosow co-founded and served as CEO of health data startup Diameter Health, acquired by Availability. He also co-founded value-driven specialty care marketplace Conduce Health, which was acquired by Standard health.
R1 MRC has hired Eric Taglière as its new information director. He most recently worked as Chief Technology Officer at Human.
Value-Based Kidney Care Company Strive to be healthy announced two new additions to its C-suite: Jamie Sharp as chief medical officer and Chris Rigg as chief financial officer. Sharp previously served as chief medical officer, having held that position at Ripple, Etna And Evolutionary health. Rigg has just tried to Élevance Santéwhere he served as divisional financial director.
Health WellSpan welcomed Wasif Jamal as the new CIO. He joins the health system of Providencewhere he most recently served as chief technology officer. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade in leadership roles at Microsoft.
Outings
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia CEO Madeline Bell will retire Oct. 1 after nearly 40 years with the health system, including 11 years at the helm.
Michael Cuffe, clinical director of HCA Healthleaves office in August. He joined HCA in 2011 as CEO of Medical Services.
Multi-care CEO Bill Robertson will retire at the end of the year after leading Washington’s health system for more than a decade.
Rush University System for Health CEO Omar Lateef retires in June 2027. He has been in the healthcare system for almost 25 years.
Layoffs
ADC Therapeutic is in the process of laying off 17% of its workforce. The job cuts follow a safety scare in the biotech company’s Phase 3 LOTIS-5 trial for its blood cancer drug Zynlonta, which reported more than two dozen participant deaths.
Equipa digital health startup aimed at people with eating disorders, abandons around 4% of its workforce.
Missouri Health System MU Healthcare is in the process of laying off 74 employees — primarily in non-clinical and administrative roles — as part of a broader restructuring aimed at strengthening the long-term financial viability of the organization. The health system also eliminated 76 already vacant positions.
UPMC East reduce its workforce of around 200 people, as well as the elimination of 300 vacant positions. All layoffs are occurring in non-clinical or non-member roles.
University of Vermont Health eliminates 142 positions, permanently eliminates 76 positions and restructures 66 others. Most of these reductions concern administrative areas.