The Center for Wound Healing (Tarrytown, New York) said that John Capotorto, MD, its chairman and medical director, has been elected secretary of the American Association for Wound Care Management (AAWCM; Anaheim, California) during the annual Symposium on Advanced Wound Care in Dallas. The Center for Wound Healing manages wound care treatment centers offering hyperbaric oxygen therapy and traditional wound care treatments.

Richard Smith, MD, an obstetrician/gynecologist at Henry Ford Hospital (Detroit), was installed as the 144th president of the Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS; East Lansing) at the society's annual House of Delegates meeting in Grand Rapids. Smith recently served as chair of the board of governors of the 1,000-member Henry Ford Medical Group. The MSMS is an association of 15,000 medical doctors in Michigan affiliated with the American Medical Association.

Brian Meadows has been named corporate VP of Hospira (Lake Forest, Illinois). Meadows previously was senior VP of supply chain management at Sprint-Nextel. Hospira is a pharmaceutical and drug delivery company.