Leadership & Management

Julie Mirkin, DNP, MA, RN, serves as Chief Nursing Officer at Stony Brook Medicine. 

Ken Dunham, MD, MAEd, FAPA, serves as Behavioral Health Medical Director for Carolina Complete Health. 

  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg pledged to create a task force within his first 100 days in office that will be in charge of developing a federal strategy to eliminate health disparities, according to an outline released Dec. 3. 

Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden wants the credit for the public-option health plan that rival Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., is running on, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

The new CEO of Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge, La., said the most critical health issues the hospital is prioritizing are premature birth rates and maternal deaths, according to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report.

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking presidents during the past few weeks.

As a team leader and throughout my 20-plus year career, there have been specific instances where a star teammate has faltered.

Michael A. Sachs, founder of several healthcare consulting companies, including Sg2, died Nov. 29. He was 67. 

Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital has "suffered collateral damage" in a battle over who will occupy the seat of Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., according to a political blog from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced Dec. 3 she will no longer run for president, according to The New York Times.