Corcoran named CEO of California Medical Association

Dustin Corcoran is the new chief executive officer of the California Medical Association.

Corcoran has worked for the Sacramento-based physician organization for nearly 12 years, most recently as deputy CEO. He previously led the CMA’s lobbying efforts, which included sponsoring a bill requiring most employers to provide health benefits to workers or pay a fee. That law, signed by Gov. Gray Davis in 2003, was later overturned via a ballot initiative.

Corcoran succeeds Alfred Gilchrist, who announced in January he was re-joining the Colorado Medical Society as CEO, after just three months at the helm of the CMA.

“Dustin brings tremendous leadership to CMA at the time we most need it, when physicians are fighting like never before to maintain practice viability and improve the quality of care and access to care for all of their patients,” said Brennan Cassidy, president of the CMA, in a statement.

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