Category: Personnel

ConforMIS lures Zimmer ops director to be its new operations SVP | Personnel Moves

May 16, 2013 by Brad Perriello

ConforMIS lured Zimmer's dental business operations director, Matthew Scott, away to be its new chief operating officer as it looks to scale up its customized knee implant business.

The Bedford, Mass.-based medical device company said Scott bring's a decade's worth of ops experience from his tenure at Zimmer. ConforMIS makes knee replacement implants and instrumentation that are custom-fit to patients' morphology.

Edwards Lifesciences CFO Abate to retire | Personnel Moves

May 14, 2013 by Sony Salzman

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) said its finance chief, Thomas Abate, plans to retire later this year after a replacement is found.

The Irvine, Calif.-based medical device company said Abate, 60, will stay on as CFO while the search goes on. Edwards hired Peter Crist of Crist/Kolder Associates to assist in the quest, according to a press release.

New communications chief at Covidien | Personnel Moves

May 14, 2013 by Sony Salzman

 Covidien brings on a new senior VP of corporate communications

AdvaMed's J.C. Scott named as a "top lobbyist"

May 13, 2013 by Brian Johnson

AdvaMed's government affairs guru J.C. Scott has been named a "top lobbyist" by CEO Update, a publication that covers the trade association industry.

Scott received praised by the publication for his work on efforts to repeal the medical device tax,. He was one of only two healthcare related lobbyists on the list.

Medtech sales reps out-earn pharma peers, survey says | MassDevice.com On Call

May 1, 2013 by Arezu Sarvestani

MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Medical device sales representatives earned more on average than their peers in any other healthcare segment, including healthcare IT, according to a 2012 survey by MedReps.com.

Although base salaries in the pharmaceutical, biotech/biopharma and health IT/software segments were higher, when combined with commissions and bonuses medtech sales reps earned top dollar at about $155,000 per year.

NxStage Medical taps Funari to replace Chambon as chairman | Personnel Moves

April 29, 2013 by Sony Salzman

NxStage Medical (NSDQ:NXTM) named Robert Funari to replace Philippe Chambon as non-executive chairman after 15 years on the medical device company's board of directors.