Life Science Partner Press Releases - News & Recent Placements

Mark Johnson to Join Medtronic Emergency Response Systems as Vice President of Operations

May 19, 2006/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Life Science Partner recruits expert in operations and supply-chain management Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of Mark Johnson to become vice president of operations for Redwood, Washington-based Medtronic Emergency Response Systems (ERS). In this role, Johnson will lead a team of 300, including 125 in manufacturing, who are building Medtronic’s lifesaving LIFEPAK defibrillator/monitors and […]

Andy Lux to Join Medtronic Sofamor Danek as General Manager, Warsaw Operations

May 15, 2006/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Life Science Partner recruits a general manager and manufacturing operations expert from Baxter Healthcare Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of Andrew (Andy) Lux to become general manager of operations for the Medtronic Sofamor Danek Warsaw facilities. Medtronic Sofamor Danek is a leading orthopaedic company and the fast growing division of Medtronic, Inc. The Company […]

Hal Mathews, MD to Become VP Medical Affairs for Medtronic Sofamor Danek

April 24, 2006/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

To Lead Clinical, Regulatory, Reimbursement Strategy and Physician Relations Life Science Partner announced today the recruitment of Hallet H. Mathews, MD, to become vice president, medical affairs for Medtronic Sofamor Danek. Medtronic Sofamor Danek is the world’s leading orthopaedic company which develops and manufactures products that treat a variety of disorders of the cranium and […]

Ray Cohen Appointed CEO of Symphony Medical

April 17, 2006/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Former CEO of Cardiac Science to Build New Atrial Fibrillation Company Life Science Partner announced today the recruitment of Ray Cohen to become Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of Symphony Medical, a clinical development stage company commercializing biopolymer-based products for cardiovascular conduction abnormalities, including atrial fibrillation. A Cleveland Clinic spin-off […]

Dr. Jerry Fernandez to Join Aureon Biosciences as Senior Director of Pathology

April 17, 2006/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

To lead a team developing novel diagnostic services and products for prostate cancer patients Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of Dr. Gerardo “Jerry” Javier Fernandez, an anatomic pathologist, to Aureon Biosciences. Aureon is a Yonkers, New York-based company enabling personalized patient care utilizing systems pathology to develop predictive clinical tests for cancer care, as […]

IPC – The Hospitalist Company Recruits Strauchman for new Michigan Division

April 6, 2006/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Life Science Partner recruits Skip Strauchman, leading healthcare consultant to hospitals in Detroit Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of Alvin “Skip” Strauchman, a 30-year veteran of Michigan Healthcare, to become executive director for the new Michigan Region of IPC – The Hospitalist Company. IPC, the nation’s leading hospitalist company, entered the state earlier this […]

Medtronic Emergency Response Systems Selects Ken Olson to Lead Research and Development

March 3, 2006/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Life Science Partner recruits research and development pioneer in the external defibrillator field Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of Ken Olson, as vice president for research and development of Redwood-based Medtronic Emergency Response Systems. In this role, Olson will lead the team of 140 developing Medtronic’s lifesaving LIFEPAK defibrillator/monitors and automated external defibrillators (AEDs). […]

Life Science Partner Recruits Ricardo Mesa-Tejada, MD, to Clinical Leadership at Aureon Biosciences

February 5, 2006/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Founder and Director of Immunocytochemistry Laboratory at MetPath/Quest Life Science Partner announces the recruitment of Dr. Ricardo Mesa-Tejada, a recognized leader in the field of anatomic pathology to become vice president, pathology, Aureon Biosciences Corporation. Aureon is a Yonkers, New York-based company enabling personalized patient care utilizing a systems pathology approach to develop predictive clinical […]

Russ Ellison, MD, Senior Pharmaceutical Executive Joins FibroGen as Vice President, Clinical Development

October 19, 2005/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Leading Clinical Development of Novel Compounds for Anemia and Fibrosis Life Science Partner announced today the recruitment of Russell Ellison, MD, to become Vice President, Clinical and Medical Affairs at FibroGen, a biotechnology-based drug discovery company using its expertise in the fields of tissue fibrosis and Hypoxia-Inducible Factor (HIF) biology to discover, develop and commercialize […]

Swapan Sen Recruited to Lead Expansion of eRadiology at Cleveland Clinic

October 19, 2005/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Bringing a lifetime of commercial radiology management to internationally renown academic institution Life Science Partner announced today the recruitment of Swapan Sen to become Executive Director, eRadiology at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Sen was previously the President and COO of Raytel Imaging Holdings, a division of SHL-Telemedicine Ltd., which provides radiology services […]