Brian Bolwell, MD, was chosen as the first chair of physician leadership and development in the Mandel Global Leadership and Learning Institute at Cleveland Clinic, the health system said April 8.
Dr. Bolwell is chairman of Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Institute and professor of medicine for Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. He also is deputy director of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center in Cleveland. He begins his new role May 1.
Dr. Bolwell will focus on ongoing development of existing and future physician leaders and partner with Cleveland Clinic Chief of Staff Beri Ridgeway, MD, to advance professional staff leadership, the health system said.
Jame Abraham, MD, chairman of the Cleveland Clinic department of hematology and medical oncology, will serve in the interim as acting chair of the Taussig Cancer Institute.
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