Leadership

Ritter Pharmaceuticals, a gastrointestinal pharmaceutical company, appointed Diane Plotkin, PhD, vice president of clinical development.

Surgery Partners appointed R. David Kretschmer chief strategy and transformation officer as well as interim CFO.

Nobilis appointed Susan Watt to its board of directors Jan. 19.

Eric Beck, DO, joined Cleveland-based University Hospitals as president of UH Ventures, effective Jan. 22.

Cooperstown, N.Y.-based Bassett Healthcare Network appointed F. Todd Wetzel, MD, chief of orthopedics, the Rome Sentinel reports.

New York City-based Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York is celebrating its 25th year of providing dermatology and plastic surgery services in 2018.  

Nonuniversity-based residency trained surgeons and university-based residency trained surgeons have different practice patterns, according to a study in JAMA Surgery.

Marquis Who's Who awarded gastroenterologist Michael Samach, MD, its Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. 

Richard McCallum, MD, a professor and founding chair of the department of internal medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, was named a 2017 Laureate by the Texas Chapter of the American College of Physicians, according to…

Illinois Bone & Joint Institute promoted William J. Robb, III, MD, to orthopedic director, CMO.