A group of more than 150 Pennsylvania physicians are calling Senate candidate Mehmet Oz, MD, a "major threat to public health," PBS and NPR affiliate WHYY reported Oct. 17. 

Fifty-two percent of female physicians don't feel fairly compensated compared to their male counterparts, Medscape's "Female Physician Compensation Report 2022" found.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul invested more than $2.4 million in diversity programs Oct. 13 to help bring more historically underrepresented students to the state's physician workforce.

Physicians and local health advocates gathered outside of John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas, on Oct. 13 to protest the McDonald's restaurant located on the hospital's first floor, The Dallas Morning News reported. 

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is urging Wellstar Health System to refrain from enforcing noncompete clauses in its physician contracts as it moves toward closing its 460-bed Atlanta Medical Center, WABE reported Oct. 13. 

There's something very special about neurologist Howard Tucker, MD, who turned 100 on July 10. He teaches medical residents at Cleveland-based St. Vincent Charity Medical Center — and has also held the Guinness World Record for oldest practicing physician since February 2021. 

Edinburg, Texas-based DHR Health ended its agreement with the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to serve as a teaching site for residents and fellows, Valley Central reported Oct. 12.

Eugene Stead Jr., MD, founded the physician assistant profession when he established the first PA training program at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University in 1965. 

Christopher Ellison, MD, was selected to be the 103rd president of the American College of Surgeons. His role will go into effect Oct. 16 during a convocation ceremony held before the ACS Clinical Congress 2022 in San Diego, one of the largest educational meetings for surgeons in the world. 

Twelve states are experimenting with Medicaid programs that allow physicians to prescribe healthy meals to prevent and treat diet-related diseases, Stateline reported Oct. 12.

Jill Kalman, MD, was appointed the first female chief medical officer for New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health on Oct. 20, 2021.  

Medical practices in the U.S. continue to face overwhelming regulatory challenges, according to a report published Oct. 11 by the Medical Group Management Association.

Emily Wang, MD, was one of 25 people to receive the 2022 MacArthur Fellowship, which comes with an $800,000 award. Dr. Yang is a professor in the department of internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn. 

A new California law requires physicians to provide patients with several forms of notices about the Open Payments database starting in January, according to an article by attorneys Lara Compton and Rachel Yount published by Lexology on Oct. 11.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth was approved by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education Oct. 11 to launch an internal medicine residency program at AdventHealth Tampa.

The American Medical Association recently adopted a policy supporting fertility preservation for physicians in training. 

An Arizona house bill that recently became law allows the Arizona Medical Association to run a confidential peer-support physician wellness program, the American Medical Association reported Oct. 7.

Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education building at University of Nevada, Las Vegas hosted a ribbon cutting on Oct. 5, The Nevada Independent reported.

Physician assistant programs fall short of engaging Black students, according to a new study from researchers at the Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Minneapolis-based Augsburg University.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Medicine in Knoxville appointed Robert Craft, MD, interim dean Oct. 7.