Surgeon Atul Gawande selected as CEO of new health care company from Amazon

Re:Surgeon Atul Gawande selected as CEO of new health care c... by EpicEng on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @11:45AM (#17356438)

Healthcare/biotech companies typically have a CMO position (chief medical officer) which carries a lot of weight. I'm surprised that's not the way they went with a surgeon.

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Re:Surgeon Atul Gawande selected as CEO of new health care c... by Thriptic on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @11:57AM (#17356547)

In an insurance context a CMO would be someone orchestrating coverage policy rather than serving in an advisory capacity iirc. It's a different role for the title.

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Re:Surgeon Atul Gawande selected as CEO of new health care c... by EpicEng on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:06PM (#17356654)

Yeah that's fair. To be perfectly honest, everything being equal, I'll defer to Bezos and the like in choosing people for high level management positions.

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Re:Surgeon Atul Gawande selected as CEO of new health care c... by entee on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @12:02PM (#17356610)

I agree, this is exactly where I’d have hired him. He’s be perfect as the soul and conscience of this company.

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Re:Surgeon Atul Gawande selected as CEO of new health care c... by sulam on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @11:48AM (#17356473)

They probably offered that to him.

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