Life Science Partner Press Releases - News & Recent Placements

Michel Hermans, MD Joins TissueTech as Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

April 15, 2016/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Former Medical Director, Global Medical Marketing, ConvaTec Life Science Partner recruited Michel Hermans, MD, a surgically trained medical affairs executive to become Chief Medical Officer for TissueTech. Hermans joins TissueTech after serving as a biopharma consultant for his own firm and Medical Director, Global Medical Marketing for ConvaTech. Previously, Hermans served served as Medical Director […]

Bill Bold Joins Vestagen Technical Textiles as Chief Executive Officer

April 15, 2016/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Vascular Pathways Life Science Partner has recruited Bill Bold, former CEO of Vascular Pathways and senior medical device leader, to become Chief Executive Officer for Vestagen, an innovator in the development of Active Barrier fabrics and protection technology to protect the healthcare worker. Prior to joining Vestagen, Bold turned […]

Yanshan Ma, MD, PhD, Joins Allergan As Senior Director, Medical Safety Physician

April 13, 2016/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Former Senior Director, Global Safety Officer at The Medicines Company Life Science Partner recruited Yanshan Ma, MD, PhD, to become Senior Director, Medical Safety Physician, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases for Allergan. In her new role Dr. Ma will be responsible for the group’s safety strategy, pharmacovigilance and medical risk management. Dr. Ma joins Allergan […]

Osiris Therapeutics Expands Leadership Team

October 21, 2015/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

COLUMBIA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Osiris Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSIR), the leading cellular regenerative medicine company focused on developing and marketing products to treat conditions in wound care, orthopaedics and sports medicine, is pleased to announce the expansion of the management team with the appointment of Adrian Mollo as General Counsel and Dr. Jon Hopper as Chief Medical Officer, both reporting to Lode Debrabandere, […]

Abiomed to Appoint Seth Bilazarian, M.D., New Vice President of Interventional Cardiology Programs

October 8, 2015/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

DANVERS, Mass., Oct. 08, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Abiomed, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, today announced that Seth Bilazarian, M.D. will be appointed as Vice President of Interventional Cardiology Programs, effective October 8, 2015. “We are excited to welcome Dr. Seth Bilazarian to Abiomed, where he will add a specialized interventional […]

Bob Wassman, MD, Recruited to become Chief Medical Officer for Lineagen

September 25, 2015/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Former Chief Medical Officer Rosetta Genomics Life Science Partner recruited Bob Wassman, MD, to become Chief Medical Officer of Lineagen to lead The Company’s clinical direction, product strategy, medical affairs, and global trials and registration process for Lineagen’s products and services. Previously, as Chief Medical Officer for Rosetta Genomics, Wassman played a critical role in […]

Gloria Matthews, DVM, Joins Histogenics as Chief Medical Officer

September 15, 2015/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Former Senior Director, Research and Development At Genzyme/Sanofi Life Science Partner has recruited Gloria Matthews, DVM, PhD to become Chief Medical Officer at Histogenics. In her new role Matthews will report directly to the Chief Executive Officer, Adam Gridley, and will serve as the senior physician within Histogenics responsible for clinical direction, product strategy, medical […]

Upayan SenGupta, MBA, Recruited to Become Vice President, General Manager, Health Sciences for Underwriters Laboratories

August 24, 2015/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Former Director, Global Segmentation Program, GE Healthcare Life Science Partner recruited Upayan SenGupta, MBA, an innovative senior medical device executive, to become Vice President and General Manager, Health Sciences for Underwriters Laboratories where he will lead The Company’s continued transformation of the Health Sciences business unit from a compliance and audit organization to a proactive […]

Barb DeBaun, RN, MSN Recruited to Vestagen as Consulting Vice President, Clinical Affairs

July 25, 2015/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Improvement Advisor for Cynosure Health Joins Vestagen Life Science Partner recruited Barb DeBaun, RN, MSN, CIC, to become Vice President, Clinical and Regulatory Affairs for Vestagen Technical Textiles, Inc. DeBaun joins Vestagen after serving as an Improvement Advisor for Cynosure Health where she provided vision and leadership in the development, implementation and facilitation of performance […]

Jon Hopper, MBChB Recruited to Osiris Therapeutics

December 5, 2014/0 Comments/by Winnona Partners

Former Vice President, Global Medical Director, Stryker Life Science Partner recruited Jon Hopper, MBChB, an accomplished physician executive to become Chief Medical Officer for Osiris Therapeutics. Osiris is the leading stem cell company focused on developing products to treat conditions in wound care, orthopedic and sports medicine markets. Hopper joins Osiris after serving as the […]