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Darrell Gray became CEO of Wellpoint, leaving a role as chief health equity officer at Elevance Health. https://axios.link/3qU87ox

Aashish Mody became CEO of Spire Labs and stepped down as president of Neurotrack. https://spirelabs.co/

Lisa Rometty became CEO of Zerigo Health and left a post as president of CVS kidney care. https://axios.link/3sIwvK8

Troy Bage became CEO of Tend after leaving a post as CEO of Ivy Rehab for Kids. https://axios.link/47XDvTH

Osama Usmani, founder of HealthPass, became CEO of Salubrum. https://www.salubrum.com/

Mark Michalski became CEO of Ascertain and left Amazon, where he led strategic development for health care and life sciences. Gregg Fergus became executive chair. https://axios.link/44kzmWH

Carina Edwards, the former CEO of Quil Health, became CEO of Kipu Health. www.kipuhealth.com

Brian Esterly, formerly the chief growth and strategy officer at Centria Healthcare, joined TimeDoc Health as CEO. https://axios.link/3RcqdfW

Bryan Hanson became CEO of 3M's Health Care Business Group, effective Sept. 1, per MedTech Dive, leaving a role as CEO of Zimmer Biomet. https://axios.link/3sj3yUV

Heidi Schwarzwald became chief medical officer of home and community services at Signify Health, leaving a post as VP CMO of provider networks at Aetna. https://www.signifyhealth.com/

Massachusetts General Hospital attending physician Robert Accordino became chief medical officer of AbleTo. https://www.ableto.com/

Kristina Omari joined Wheel as CFO, stepping down as EVP of finance at Everly Health. https://axios.link/3sInP6u

Mark Kaye joined Elevance Health as CFO, replacing John Gallina who will retire from the role later this year. Kaye was previously CFO at Moody's. https://axios.link/3R9jH9I

At Unlock Health, Christine McPherson became chief people officer, Joshua Schoonover became chief client officer, Dan Lavelle became chief strategy officer and Corey Maul became CTO. https://axios.link/3EtZzaW

Robin Borg became chief people officer at DexCare, leaving the same role at Galileo. https://dexcare.com/

Christopher Betz became CTO of AptiHealth and left a role as senior director of software engineering at Brightside Health. www.aptihealth.com

Andrew Trister became the chief scientific officer at Verily, leaving a post as deputy director of digital health at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. https://axios.link/46jaSif

At Nectar Life Sciences, Shyam Joshi became the company's first chief scientific officer, and Tania Elliott, was named as chief medical officer. www.nectarlifesciences.com

Eric Carr joined Particle Health as chief architect, leaving a post as VP of platform engineering at Komodo Health. https://www.particlehealth.com/

Wendy Xu became chief product officer of Brightside, leaving the same role at bankrupt The Pill Club. https://www.gobrightside.com/

Rita Sharma became the chief product officer at Pager and left a role as VP of health care product management at Salesforce. https://axios.link/3KMhhtB

Peter Scherr joined Incredible Health as chief marketing officer, leaving the same role at Pagaya. www.incrediblehealth.com

Brian Groves joined Nestlé Health Science as chief marketing officer, leaving a post as a VP at Meta. https://axios.link/45EphFm

Keith Clements became chief commercial officer at Toothio and left a post as VP of sales at Young Innovations. https://axios.link/3OY85F9

Kurt Hammond, formerly chief growth officer at eMed Digital Healthcare, became chief commercial officer at Exo. https://www.exo.inc/

Haleigh Tebben joined Uprise Health as chief revenue officer and left a role as chief commercial officer of Brightline. www.uprisehealth.com

At Nursa, Amanda Duke became chief revenue officer, Melissa Matross became chief product officer, and Brad Taylor became chief technology officer. www.nursa.com

Jean Olive became CIO at John Hancock and left a role as CTO at Best Buy Health. www.johnhancock.com

Heather Cianfrocco became president of Optum, leaving a post as CEO of OptumRx at United Health. https://axios.link/45Z6hRR

Stephen Fromm, the former co-CEO of TigerRisk Capital Markets and Advisory, became president of Family First. https://axios.link/3EpCuWW

Patches Seely became EVP of clinical solutions at Carenet Health, leaving a post as VP at Ascension. https://axios.link/3EuaYaU

Cathy Donohue became SVP of product at CodaMetrix, leaving a post as VP of product management at Commure. https://axios.link/3sNFGJ8

Kim Shepard became SVP of client success at Collective Health and left a role as an SVP at Cigna. https://axios.link/3r5TVJ1

Jennifer Becker, the former head of operations at Amazon Care, became SVP of care delivery at Omada Health. https://www.omadahealth.com/

Ryan Waring joined Miovision as VP of financial planning, leaving the same role at Tebra. https://miovision.com/

Omar Mousa became VP of product at Ventricle Health and left the role of VP of strategy at Adonis. https://www.ventriclehealth.com/

Nicole Nye became VP of product strategy at Iodine Software and left a post as VP of product management at Atlas Health. https://iodinesoftware.com/

Philip Fleischman joined Norwest as a VP on the health care team. www.nvp.com

James Banares, formerly head of people at StreamNative, became VP of people at Resilience Lab. https://axios.link/3OZkibi

Ian Marcus joined Apple to lead the regulatory affairs health division, leaving a role as acting assistant director at the FDA. https://www.apple.com/

Owen Willis, a former program partner at On Deck, announced he is now the founder and general partner of Opal Ventures. https://www.opalventures.com/

Samyukta Mullangi, a Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer fellow, became the medical oncology director at Thyme Care. https://axios.link/45Z8UmH

Hamish Ferguson became director of business development for payer relationships at Modern Health, leaving the same role at Headway. https://www.modernhealth.com/

Nate Sternberg became director of data analytics and biz ops at AvoMD, leaving a post as marketing data and analytics lead at Wisp. https://www.avomd.io/

David Markman became an operating partner at ARPA-H. He previously was VP of strategic partnerships at The Public Health company. https://arpa-h.gov/

Troy Andrews became a senior product manager at Talkiatry and left a  role as product director of reimbursement management at Olive AI. https://www.talkiatry.com/

Claire Stanton became senior product manager at Particle Health after leaving the same role at Evidation Health. https://www.particlehealth.com/

Josh Pappas became senior sales director at Kintsugi and left a role as sales director at Tendo. https://www.kintsugihealth.com/

Derek Johnson became general counsel at Portal Innovations and left a post as senior counsel at Myeloid Therapeutics. https://www.portalinnovations.com/

Kristy Khamphilath joined Notable as its people operations program manager and stepped down from the same position at EarnIn. https://www.notablehealth.com/

Kendra Sticka became executive director of HealtheConnect Alaska, leaving a post as associate dean of clinical health sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage. https://axios.link/3LeLt0R

Carolyn Crooks became senior managing director in the financial sponsors group at Evercore and left a post as managing director at Barclays. https://axios.link/3sIJITk

Meg Barron left a post as VP of digital health innovations at the American Medical Association to become managing director of engagement at the Peterson Health Technology Institute. www.phti.com

Kelli Walton became senior people operations manager at Particle Health, leaving a post as director of people at Balto. www.particlehealth.com

Darragh Kilgallen joined Adonis as operations manager, leaving the same post at Arena. https://www.adonis.io/

Wayne Strong became a business development and GTM health care strategist at Commerce Bank, leaving a post as senior director of product at Olive AI. www.commercebank.com

Seemant Jauhari joined Jungle Ventures, where he'll be focused on health care investments, and left a post leading HealthXCapital. www.jungle.vc

Eamon McCormick became a PE associate at Consonance Capital and left a post as an analyst at Stifel. www.consonancecapital.com

Benjamin Wu became managing director and head of East Coast for growth capital at ORIX USA, leaving a post as CEO of Brex Asset Management. www.orix.com

Michael Cuello became head of operations at CardioOne. https://www.cardioone.com/

Jing Chai, formerly a consultant at Boston Consulting Group, became senior manager of commercial strategy at Oshi Health. https://oshihealth.com/

Ari Kellen, a former exec with Bausch Health, joined Water Street Healthcare Partners to focus on specialty pharma investments. www.waterstreet.com

💼 New hires

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Former UnitedHealth Group CEO David Wichmann and Manulife chief human resources officer Pamela Kimmet were named to Privia Health's board of directors effective Aug. 1, and Goldman Sachs managing director Jeff Bernstein will resign from the board. https://axios.link/3PawN47

ShiftKey added several board directors: ex-Athenahealth CFO Luis Borgen, Lightspark SVP James Everingham, Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan, and Sanger Holdings managing partner Bill Sanger. https://axios.link/45XqDuQ

Toyin Ajayi, Cityblock Health CEO, and Rick Jelinek, managing partner of Czech One Capital Partners, joined Evolent's board. https://www.evolenthealth.com/

Dave Guilmette, a strategic adviser with Aon, joined Sword Health's board of directors. https://axios.link/45DrQYz

Movano Health named the following people to its newly formed medical advisory board: Ruth White, Mary Claire Haver and Andrea Matsumura. https://axios.link/3r7tum4

David Entwistle, CEO of Stanford Health Care, joined Redesign Health as an adviser.

Maya Ghosn Bichara became a board member at O7 Therapy. www.o7therapy.com

Marvin Richardson joined the advisory board at Simplify Healthcare. www.simplifyhealthcare.com

Mark Tapping joined the advisory board at VC firm Vive Collective. www.vivecollective.com

🗳️ Elections and appointments

At JMI Equity, the following people were promoted: Lindsay Mehta from VP to director of investor relations, Christian Kurth from VP to principal, Dina Berdichevsky from senior associate to VP, and Josh Wang from software investor to VP. https://axios.link/3P65tUC

Paul Greenall was promoted from president to CEO of Truepill. Former CEO Sid Viswanathan is taking a career break. https://axios.link/45WjUkU

Mike Peluso was promoted from CTO to chief product and strategy officer at Rectangle Health. https://axios.link/3OD3FlF

Michael Thomas has been promoted from vice president of commercial services to executive vice president of Carenet Health's Shared Services. www.carenethealthcare.com

📢 Promotions

CVS Health will cut approximately 5,000 jobs to save on costs as it continues its push into health care delivery. https://axios.link/3sCv2oy

Doximity will cut about 100 employees, or 10% of its workforce, which CEO Jeff Tangney attributed to a slowdown in the pharmaceutical industry's shift to digital adoption and a need to streamline client workforces. https://axios.link/4600eg1 

Reid Hoffman, investor and co-founder of LinkedIn, announced he will scale back his involvement in new deals at venture firm Greylock Partners to spend more time pursuing AI-related efforts. https://axios.link/3Phu8a2

🛫 Departures and layoffs

Researchers have been working to translate generative AI into a hospital setting for tasks like completing billing paperwork and helping craft patient summaries. 

Some front-line workers are concerned about the increased technology, citing fears surrounding wrong diagnoses and the privacy of sensitive patient data.

As retailers like CVS, Walgreens and Amazon buy more primary care assets, the health care industry is seeing increased demand for physicians and advanced practitioners, as well as a boost in compensation.

📰 In the news

Welcome to the August edition. Axios Pro Deals research associate Natalie Breymeyer here with your monthly recap of who's working where now.

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🌅 Natalie's goal in August was to get up early to take a walk and enjoy her morning coffee before work. She saw some beautiful sunrises and only had one encounter with a curmudgeonly raccoon.

September 09, 2023

💼 New hires