Leadership

While slightly more than one-quarter of all physicians are self-employed, the trend is leaning away from private practice, according to Medscape's Young Physician Compensation Report.

Here are nine updates on leadership news over the past month:

Operating room plans for Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina's forthcoming ASC won two awards at the Healthcare Design Expo + Conference, Nov. 11 to Nov. 14 in Orlando, Fla., Clemson World reports.

If a surgeon retires or suddenly departs due to death, illness, relocation or hospital employment, ASC administrators can find themselves scrambling to recoup the case volume loss.

Johnson & Johnson CEO Alex Gorsky is the highest paid CEO in New Jersey, and Aetna CEO Mark T. Bertolini is the highest paid in Connecticut, according to a study by Equilar and the Associated Press.

Seven percent of physicians were subject to some form of sexual harassment within the past three years, compared to 11 percent of nurses, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, according to Medscape.

Orthopedic surgeons are offered the second highest average income of the top 20 recruited specialties, behind invasive cardiologists, according to Merritt Hawkins' 2018 Incentive Review.

The earnings gap between older and younger physicians may be slightly smaller in office-based multispecialty groups than in other settings, according to Medscape's 2018 Young Physician Compensation Report 2018.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson named cosmetic surgeon Rhys Branman, MD, to the Arkansas State Medical Board.

Tampa, Fla.-based Laser Spine Institute named M. Kathleen Donald chief marketing officer in May.