Chronic condition therapeutic developer Sweetch announced today that Dr. Robert A. Gabbay has joined the company as an advisor. Gabbay currently serves as the chief scientific and medical officer at the American Diabetes Association, leading the organization’s efforts to drive discovery in diabetes research, care and prevention. He also serves as an associate professor of […]
Personnel Moves
Koru Medical names former Fresenius Kabi VP as chief technology officer
Koru Medical Systems (Nasdaq:KRMD) announced that it appointed medtech veteran Brian Case as its new chief technology officer (CTO). With more than 20 years of experience in medtech R&D, Case joins after spending more than 16 years at Fresenius Kabi as VP of R&D. Before Fresenius Kabi, he served as an R&D program manager for […]
Medtronic names new presidents for diabetes, surgical robotics, cardiac rhythm units
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) today confirmed leadership transitions for its diabetes, surgical robotics and cardiac rhythm management operating units. Que Dallara joins the medtech giant as EVP and president of the diabetes business, Mike Marinaro is now the president of surgical robotics and Dr. Kweli Thompson has been appointed as president of cardiac rhythm management at Medtronic. Get […]
Insulet appoints Elizabeth Weatherman to board of directors
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) announced that Elizabeth (Bess) Weatherman was appointed to its board of directors. Weatherman — a veteran dealmaker in the health technology space — will stand for election by stockholders at the company’s 2022 annual meeting and has been named to the board’s Compensation Committee. Acton, Massachusetts–based Insulet said in a news release that […]
12 of medtech’s biggest personnel changes in 2021
As medtech companies continued to drive innovation throughout the past 12 months, a number of high-level executives led the way. Some of those companies and those executives opted for major changes over the course of 2021, though, with some high-profile moves from medtech giant to medtech giant. Here are some of the biggest personnel moves […]
Bigfoot Biomedical announces trio of new senior hires
Bigfoot Biomedical announced today that it appointed three senior hires with experience in the diabetes and healthcare sectors. Milpitas, California–based Bigfoot hired Matthew Clemente as SVP of development, Robin A. Beadle as VP of marketing and Scott Snead as VP of national accounts. All three positions are newly created. Bigfoot said in a news release […]
Alfred E. Mann Foundation brings former Alcon, Siemens Healthineers execs into C-suite
The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research (AMF) today confirmed the appointment of two new senior executives. Los Angeles-based AMF appointed Charles Nelson as its new COO and Corey Dishmon as its chief legal officer/chief business officer. Nelson joins AMF from Alcon, where he oversaw the manufacturing science and technology organization. He is a […]
Former pediatric endocrinologist joins Medtronic’s diabetes business as medical affairs director
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced this week that former pediatric endocrinologist Dr. Jennifer McVean has joined its diabetes business. McVean, a former pediatric endocrinologist for the University of Minnesota Physicians and an associate professor in the pediatrics department at the University of Minnesota Medical School, will take up a role aimed at augmenting Medtronic’s commitment to providing […]
BD chooses ’embecta’ as new name for Diabetes Care spinoff, confirms leadership team
BD (NYSE:BDX) announced today that it named its Diabetes Care business — which it plans to spin off next year — “embecta.” Franklin Lakes, New Jersey-based BD confirmed in May that it plans to spin off its Diabetes Care business as an independent, publicly-traded company during the first half of 2022 and confirmed today that […]
Tandem Diabetes Care expands leadership team
Automated insulin delivery technology developer Tandem Diabetes Care (NSDQ:TNDM) announced new appointments in three executive leadership positions. San Diego-based Tandem named Rick Carpenter as CTO, Libba Sapitsky as SVP of Customer Care and Rizwan Pervez as SVP of Quality and Regulatory. According to a news release, Carpenter, a veteran of more than 30 years in […]
