NxStage Medical Inc. (NSDQ:NXTM) tapped a Covidien (NYSE:COV) veteran to lead its critical care division.
The Lawrence, Mass.-based home hemodialysis firm named Elise Tordella as its new vice president and general manager of critical care therapies.
Tordella’s commute now shifts to Lawrence from her former digs in Mansfield, Mass., with Covidien, where she spent 18 years. She was most recently vice president of global marketing for patient care; her stint at COV included tenures as U.S. president for the Ludlow division and a variety of marketing, product development and general management positions, according to a press release.