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After just two months in the job, the California Medical Association's new chief executive officer, Alfred Gilchrist, has called it quits.

The physicians group said Gilchrist, who assumed the post in November, will return to Colorado to resume his position as the CEO of the Colorado Medical Society, the CMA announced Thursday.

Gilchrist submitted his resignation Tuesday, according to a statement from the Sacramento-based CMA, and his last day is today.

"The bottom line is my heart remains in Colorado, and so that's where I need to be," Gilchrist was quoted in the CMA announcement.

Dustin Corcoran, the CMA's deputy CEO and former vice president of government relations, will serve as acting CEO, the association said.

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