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Welcome to November’s On Rotation!
We keep our fingers on the pulse of who’s moving where in the healthcare world, from small startups bringing in new leadership to big orgs trading seasoned execs. Each month, we highlight some of the major job changes in the healthcare sector.
Spoiler: There’s another CVS leadership change afoot.
Here’s a noncomprehensive roundup of the past month’s career shifts.
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Brian Alexander: As the newly appointed CEO of Valo Health, a tech company working to accelerate drug discovery, Alexander will also be CEO partner at parent company biotech venture capital firm Flagship Pioneering with Craig Williams.
Deb Autor: Telehealth platform Hims & Hers appointed Autor, a former FDA deputy commissioner, to its board of directors.
Sreekanth Chaguturu: CVS Health hired Chaguturu as its next president of healthcare delivery, which includes the urgent care Minute Clinic, Oak Street Health primary care services, home care provider Signify Health, and its health plan Aetna.
Dallas Ducar: Boston-based LGBTQ+ health center Fenway Health named Ducar, former founding CEO and president of Transhealth, as its next EVP for donor engagement and external relations.
Frank Jennings: Substance-use management digital health provider Pelago appointed Jennings as president.
Frank Keim: Therapy startup Two Chairs appointed Keim as its inaugural CFO.
Thomas McElrath: Mirvie, a startup that’s working to create a blood test to predict if patients are at risk of health issues during pregnancy, hired McElrath, a professor at Harvard Medical School, as VP of clinical development.
William Morris: Morris was hired as chief medical officer for AI scribe Ambience Healthcare. He previously worked at Google and Cleveland Clinic.
Lee Newcomer: Mirvie also appointed Newcomer as senior advisor on market access.
David Peter: The Clinic by the Cleveland Clinic, which provides virtual second opinions for patients, appointed Peter as chief medical officer.
Mario Queiroz: Abridge, which uses generative AI to support clinicians in note-taking, hired Queiroz as its first-ever chief product officer.
John Ryan: Ryan was tapped as Temple Health’s new chief human resources officer. He will continue to serve as EVP and general counsel at the Philadelphia-based health system.
Janet Steven: Steven was appointed global head of quality and safety at Hims & Hers.
Craig Williams: Williams, the new CEO of Apriori Bio, a vaccine and antiviral drug developer that makes treatments to protect against viruses, has simultaneously been appointed a CEO partner at Flagship Pioneering with Brian Alexander.
Claire Zangerle: Zangerle was named SVP and chief nurse executive of the American Hospital Association (AHA) as well as CEO of AHA’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership, a professional development organization for nurses.