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Michael Holliday, MD, a retired otolaryngologist and former Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine faculty member, died May 17 from Alzheimer's disease, The Baltimore Sun reported.

A surgeon serving areas of Central America and nine more ENTs to know:

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a $1.14 million gift from the estate of Thomas McGill for its otolaryngology department, the medical school said May 27.

Medscape ranked the five worst states to practice, based on malpractice payouts, compensation, health system performance and physician happiness.

Fourteen percent of gastroenterologists say they don't think their income will ever return to pre-COVID-19 levels. 

Douglas Mattox, MD, an ENT at Atlanta-based Emory University School of Medicine, was named to Georgia's state board of examiners for speech pathology and audiology.

Physician trust in healthcare leaders took a hit during the pandemic, according to a study reported by Medscape Medical News on May 24. 

Dermatology saw one of the sharpest declines in average number of patients seen by physicians per week from before COVID-19 to now.

Medscape named the top 10 best states for physicians to practice in 2021. Of those states, Massachusetts had the lowest average compensation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey.

Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates has chosen HOTB Software's compliance management platform, SCT|CoreCompli, to provide survey data management for its more than 220 ASCs.