Hospitalist Movers and Shakers

Dr. Merchant Malik Merchant, MD recently joined Del Sol Medical Center (El Paso, Texas) as its chief medical officer. Before joining Del Sol, Dr. Merchant was the section chief of hospitalists and post-acute care at Austin Diagnostic Clinic (Austin, Texas) where he also served as a consultant for hospital-based programs. He is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and earned his medical degree from Aga Kham University Medical Center (Karachi, Pakistan). Dr. Merchant completed his residency and internship in internal medicine at the Peoria Illinois Medical Center at the University of Illinois (Peoria, Ill.).   Dr. Merritt Cox Monett Hospital (Monett, Mo.) has welcomed Karissa Merritt, DO to its hospitalist team. Dr. Merritt earned her degree in osteopathic medicine from Liberty University College of Osteopathic Medicine (Lynchburg, Va.) and completed her residency at Cox Family Medicine Residency (Monett, Mo.). While in training, Dr. Merritt pioneered a system-wide initiative on food insecurity screening, collecting data on its use as a predictor of risk-lives and chronic disease burden. Additionally, she has served as a policy scholar with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Professionally, her interests are social contributors to health, advocacy and legislation, population health initiatives, point of care ultrasound, and medical education. Dr. Chmelik WellMed (San Antonio, Texas) has promoted Beth Chmelik, MD to chief of enterprise hos...
Source: The Hospitalist - Category: Hospital Management Authors: Tags: Career Source Type: research