Vinay Badhwar, MD, executive chair of Morgantown, W. Va.-based WVU Medicine’s Heart and Vascular Institute, has been appointed president of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Dr. Badhwar was elected during the society’s 62nd annual meeting in New Orleans, according to a Jan. 31 news release from WVU Medicine.
He recently spoke to Becker’s about how the Heart and Vascular Institute grew from a $225 million regional program to a $2 billion healthcare destination after shifting from a RVU-based compensation to a value-based care model.
As president, Dr. Badhwar plans to advance a three-part framework “focused on excellence in surgical practice, evidence-based decision-making and meaningful impact for patients and health systems,” the release said.
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