West Hills (Calif.) Hospital & Medical Center tapped Yale D. Podnos, MD, to serve as CMO, effective Aug. 1.
Here are three points:
1. Dr. Podnos served most recently as department of surgery chairman at Raleigh, N.C.-based UNC Rex Healthcare.
2. He previously served as chief of the surgical oncology division and as a member of the medical faculty at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C.
3. A liver and pancreas cancer specialist, he completed a fellowship in surgical oncology at Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope.