By Matt Skoufalos   The Los Angeles, California-based Doheny Eye Institute named Charles T. (Tom) Foscue chairman of its Board of Directors. Foscue, an 18-year member of its board succeeds 20-year chair Edward A. Landry, who retired in September. He’s an 11-year U.S. Navy veteran who retired as a lieutenant after two tours in Vietnam. Foscue leveraged […]

By Matt Skoufalos   The Chicago, Illinois-based Specialdocs Consultants named Dave Farr VP of business development and Shirin Zarinkia VP of strategy. Most recently, Farr was a partner at the law firm, Farr & Farr, LLC. He has also been senior director of business development at DaVita, and has held senior positions at Emmi Solutions and […]

By Matt Skoufalos Joshua Milner has been named division chief of pediatric allergy, immunology, and rheumatology at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and professor of pediatrics in the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, both of New York, New York. Milner will also serve as chief of the allergy, immunology, and rheumatology […]

By Matt Skoufalos Ventech Solutions of Columbus, Ohio added Vivek Ramakrishnan as its managing partner of new ventures. Ramakrishnan previously was the managing director of innovation banking at Xinova, president of AxioSonic, and a director at Intellectual Ventures. He has also worked at Johns Hopkins University, the National Institutes of Health, and Beckman Research Institute at City […]

By Matt Skoufalos The Chartis Group of Chicago, Illinois named Rob Gallo a principal of its informatics and technology practice. Prior to joining he was a VP at Health Systems informatics (HSi), Gallo has held other leadership roles in advisory and provider organizations, including Accenture, Deloitte, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, and Epic. He […]

By Matt Skoufalos Accuray Incorporated of Sunnyvale, California expanded its board of directors to nine with the addition of James M. Hindman. Hindman was most recently EVP of finance and business development and CFO of Allergan, Inc., where he spent 30 years.   ChanceLight Behavioral Health of Nashville, Tennessee will see EVP John McLaughlin transition […]

By Matt Skoufalos The Stanford, California-based Stanford Children’s Health named Rick Majzun its VP and COO. Majzun was most recently president and COO of Women & Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island; he has been VP of operations at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and VP of Women & Infants for Barnes Jewish Hospital and St. Louis Children’s […]

By Matt Skoufalos Sheryl Kashuba, chief legal officer and SVP of regulatory affairs, health policy, and government relations at UPMC Health Plan, has been appointed to the new Pennsylvania Health Insurance Exchange Authority.   eHealth, Inc. of Santa Clara, California named Beth A. Brooke to its Board of Directors. Brooke was Global Vice Chair of Public […]

By Matt Skoufalos   Melmark, Inc. of Berwyn, Pennsylvania promoted Tom Crofcheck to VP and CFO, succeeding the retiring Joseph Zakrzewski. Crofcheck most recently was Director of Finance for Melmark Pennsylvania. He’ll take over the role in late September.   Paramit Corporation of Morgan Hill, California named Bruce Richardson as President of its Product Development Group. Richardson […]

By Matt Skoufalos The Human Vaccines Project of New York, New York has added former Australian Parliament member Julie Bishop to its board of directors, Dutch virologist Jaap Goudsmit as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and SVP, and Soumya Swaminathan of the World Health Organization and Jerome Kim of the International Vaccine Institute to its Scientific Steering Committee. Bishop currently chairs the […]