Leadership

Bethesda, Md.-based Massachusetts Avenue Surgery Center hired Kelly Blackstock as director of business operations and CEO in January.

Medical assistants are in high demand, and that's partly because patients increasingly turn to ambulatory care settings, according to Medical Assisting Program Director Jennifer Kroger of University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College.

ASCA presented the 3rd annual Nap Gary Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award to two individuals making a positive difference in the ASC community.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association made a series of officer and board of directors' appointments.

Rick Sizemore, RN, has added CEO to his administrator title at Spartanburg (S.C.) Surgery Center.

NueHealth Holdings selected seasoned healthcare leader John Palumbo as executive chairman.

ASCA Foundation partnered with U.S.-based nonprofit One World Surgery to provide scholarships for nurses, surgical techs and scrub techs to participate in One World Surgery's medical mission in Honduras.

Ramez Awwad, MD, joined the Saratoga Hospital Medical Group, Saratoga Today reports. Saratoga Hospital Medical Group provides services on the second floor of the Saratoga Surgery Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Republican Physician Paul Johnson declared his bid for a seat in House District 44, according to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. The district primarily covers downtown Cheyenne, Wyo.

Here are seven executive changes that occurred over the past month.