Leadership

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.

Surgery Partners named Wayne DeVeydt CEO, effective immediately.

Avanza Healthcare Strategies, a company dedicated to guiding healthcare organizations on the process of relocating services to an outpatient setting, named Bonnie Watson a senior consultant.