Inspire Medical Systems (NYSE:INSP) announced today that Dr. Jerry C. Griffin intends to retire from its board of directors. Griffin plans to retire at the conclusion of the company’s annual meeting of stockholders on May 2, 2024. The longtime director joined the Inspire board in 2008 as one of the original board members. He joined […]
Personnel Moves
Former Boston Scientific exec joins pulsed field ablation company Mirai Medical’s board
Mirai Medical announced today that it appointed former Boston Scientific executive David A. Pierce as a non-executive board director. Pierce spent 31 years at Boston Scientific, gaining valuable experience in product commercialization, market access and clinical change management. Much of his work came in the gastrointestinal endoscopy space, providing expertise he can now bring to […]
Getinge appoints Agneta Palmér as CFO
Getinge announced today that it appointed Agneta Palmér as chief financial officer. Palmér will succeed Lars Sandström, who is leaving the company for a new opportunity outside of the company. Palmér most recently was the EVP of operations services at Getinge and has been with the company since 2018. ”I am very pleased that Agneta […]
Insulet has new directors as former CEO is set to retire from board
Insulet announced today that it named a duo of new board directors with high-profile figures set to retire. Acton, Massachusetts-based Insulet appointed Flavia Pease and Timothy Stonesifer to its board. Former CEO Shacey Petrovic, along with Corinne Nevinny, intend to retire from the board in May. Petrovic spent more than seven years as CEO at […]
Cardiac Dimensions has a new chief medical officer
Cardiac Dimensions announced today that it appointed Dr. Satya Shreenivas as its new chief medical officer (CMO). Kirkland, Washington-based Cardiac Dimensions develops minimally invasive treatments for heart failure with functional mitral regurgitation (FMR). That includes the Carillon Mitral Contour System, for which the company has the ongoing EMPOWER trial. Its new CMO served as an […]
3M picks former NuVasive CEO as president of Medical Solutions
3M announced that it named Chris Barry EVP and group president of its Medical Solutions Division. Medical Solutions exists within the 3M Health Care business group. 3M expects to spin off its Health Care business in the first half of this year, after which point it will operate under the name “Solventum.” Barry, the former […]
Medtronic brings back former VP as GM of Aortic unit
Medtronic announced that it named Dr. Simona Zannetti as the GM of its Aortic business unit. Zannetti previously spent 21 years at the medtech giant. She spent the last 16 months as SVP of clinical research at Penumbra, joining the interventional device maker in September 2022. In a LinkedIn post today, Nina Goodheart, SVP and […]
Orthofix has a new CFO as Massimo Caliafiore takes over as CEO
Orthofix Medical announced that it appointed a new CFO as its newly appointed CEO takes over the corner office. The large orthopedic device maker appointed Julie Andrews as CFO as Massimo Calafiore assumes his position as CEO. Orthofix named Calafiore as its next CEO in November. However, the company had to wait until Enovis completed […]
SimBioSys wins FDA nod for TumorSight precision medicine platform
SimBioSys announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its TumorSight cloud-based digital precision medicine platform. FDA clearance came just days after the company inked a partnership with Mayo Clinic to develop precision medicine solutions. The TumorSight platform takes a patient’s standard-of-care imaging to build a custom 3D model of their tumor. The tool provides […]
Zimmer Biomet adds longtime orthopedic hospital leader to its board
Zimmer Biomet announced today that it appointed Louis A. Shapiro to its board of directors, effective immediately. Shapiro previously served as president and CEO of the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). HSS, an academic center focused on musculoskeletal health, held the No. 1 ranking in U.S. orthopedic hospitals for 14 years in a row, as […]
Stanford Biodesign co-founder joins Sofinnova Partners
Sofinnova Partners — a prominent life sciences venture capital firm based in Paris, London, and Milan — has added Stanford Biodesign co-founder and director Dr. Joshua Makower as an advisory venture partner. It’s been 23 years since Makower co-founded Stanford Biodesign alongside Dr. Paul Yock. They were instrumental in devising “The Biodesign Process” — used […]