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Tim Wentworth, formerly president of health services at Cigna, became CEO at Walgreens Boots Alliance. https://www.walgreensbootsalliance.com/

Jeff Smith, formerly president of the value-based care enablement business at Lumeris, became CEO at Bamboo Health. https://bamboohealth.com/

John Lepore, formerly the head of R&D at GlaxoSmithKline, joined Flagship Pioneering as a CEO-partner and CEO of portfolio company ProFound Therapeutics. https://axios.link/3teM2Sn

Maulik Nanavaty, a former SVP at Boston Scientific, became CEO of Anumana. https://anumana.ai/

Kristina Campbell, former CFO of Ripple, became CFO at Maven Clinic. https://axios.link/45ZLD3I

Jenifer Stevie, former CFO, and VP of finance at Fresenius Medical Care North America, became CFO of Kain Capital-backed PERA. https://www.perahospice.com

Sean Brecker, formerly CFO of Headspace, joined Oura as CFO. https://axios.link/3S4ElZ1

Benjamin Hamawy, former regional CFO at Humana, joined Upward Health as CFO. https://upwardhealth.com/

At CVS Health, Tom Cowhey will take over as interim CFO, as current EVP, CFO and president of health services, Shawn Guertin, takes a leave of absence. Mike Pykosz, CEO of Oak Street Health, was named interim president of health services. https://www.cvshealth.com/

Khobi Brooklyn, formerly the VP of communications at Aurora, joined Hims & Hers as chief communications officer. https://www.hims.com/

Kirk Thelander, formerly holding leadership roles at AloeMD, Greenbrook TMS NeuroHealth Centers, Freespira and Neuronetics, joined GrayMatters Health as chief commercial officer. https://axios.link/46AJfSe

Christopher Aguwa, formerly EVP of growth at Cityblock Health, joined Lane Health as chief commercial officer. https://axios.link/494P9fZ

Alison Bartolucci, former director of laboratory integration and advancement at First Fertility, became chief scientific officer of Kindbody. https://kindbody.com/

Nikole Benders-Hadi, formerly VP at Included Health, joined Talkspace as chief medical officer. https://www.talkspace.com/

At Laudio, Emma Smith became chief marketing officer and Michael Vipond joined as EVP of sales. https://www.laudio.com/

Steve Finnern, formerly COO at Axoni, joined Legacy as president and COO. https://axios.link/3tLUys4

Claudia Williams, formerly CEO of Manifest MedEx, became chief social impact officer at UC Berkeley School of Public Health, effective in January. https://publichealth.berkeley.edu

Jennifer Webster, the former CEO of The Center for Autism and Related Disorders, became president of DispatchHealth. https://www.dispatchhealth.com/

Jennifer J. Canfield, former senior VP of growth and strategy at Kantar (a Bain Capital portfolio company), became executive VP of sales at Emtelligent. https://emtelligent.com/

At Prenosis, Robin Carver became VP of health system engagement, Brian Bray became VP of technology, Carlos Lopez-Espina became SVP of R&D, and Pratik Sinha joined the company's scientific advisory board. https://prenosis.com/

Beth Wheeler, formerly business development lead at OmniMD, became VP of sales at Reveal HealthTech. https://revealhealthtech.com/

At Komodo Health, former Symplr head of marketing Julia Goebel became SVP of marketing, and Brad Kelley, a former Evernorth president, became a general manager. https://axios.link/3tVop1r

At MEMIC, Ruchir Jaipuriyar became VP of IT and Bryan Kotlyar joined as director of software engineering. https://www.memic.com/

Derek Wilson, formerly VP of business development at Sound Physicians, joined Talkiatry as VP of strategic partnerships. https://www.talkiatry.com/

Jed Brody, a longtime health care investment banker, is returning to Barclays to lead Americas health care, per Bloomberg. https://axios.link/3slDAAn 

Christopher Genovese, formerly SVP of sales at Wysa, became US commercial sales lead at TELUS Health. https://www.telus.com/en/health

At Heard, former Ness head of engineering Donato Perconti joined as head of engineering, former Done head of operations Chelsea Habermas joined as head of central operations, and former WithCo head of growth Melanie Hahn joined as head of growth marketing. https://www.joinheard.com/

Brad Staley, former CEO of Advancing Eyecare, became an executive partner at Waud Capital Partners. https://www.waudcapital.com/en/home/

Domerio Martin, formerly director of payer contract relations for Caron Treatment Centers, joined Spring Health as director of payer revenue programs. https://www.springhealth.com/

Paula Stuck, formerly director of claims at Flume Health, joined Vitori Health as director of claims. https://vitorihealth.com/

Paralympian Amy Dixon joined Eyecbetter, a La Quinta, Calif.-based virtual vision care company, as director of patient advocacy. https://axios.link/3s05jGP

Neil Makhija, formerly in a leadership role at Notable, joined Ventra Health as its director of client success. https://ventrahealth.com/

Lilly Wellenbach, formerly in a leadership role at Komodo Health, joined Particle Health as director of product strategy. https://www.particlehealth.com/

Dan Pivirotto, formerly senior partner of marketing at Amazon Pharmacy, became director of business development at Tempus Labs. https://www.tempus.com/

At Solomon Partners, Karan Garg, formerly managing director and a senior member in Houlihan Lokey's health care group, became head of health care services. Brad Hildebrand, formerly managing director at Bridgeway Capital Partners, became managing director. https://solomonpartners.com/

Nicole Carey, formerly an account executive at Ribbon Health, became the business development manager at Stride. https://www.stridehealth.com/

Matt Jackson, formerly a partner at MTS Health Partners, joined Oppenheimer as managing director. https://www.oppenheimer.com

Caitlin Motley Derr, a former senior manager at Amazon in workplace health and safety, became assistant director of digital operations at Cambia Health Solutions. https://www.cambiahealth.com/

Jonathan Porter, a former chief product officer at Bright Health, joined Clayton, Dubilier & Rice as an operating advisor. www.cdr-inc.com

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Judy Lenane, formerly a CCO at iRhythm, joined Cardiosense's board as an independent director. Arezou Azar, formerly a VP at Cardiologs, joined Cardiosense as VP of compliance, and Sri Mruthik, formerly the CTO at nQ Medical, joined as SVP of engineering. https://cardiosense.com/

Kevin Ban, the chief medical officer of Walgreens, joined Ixlayer's clinical advisory board. https://axios.link/3M54IKQ

Whitney Casey, a venture partner at L Catterton, joined Cionic's board of directors. https://cionic.com/

Stephanie Cutter, founding partner at Precision Strategies, joined Equality Health's board of directors. https://axios.link/3S6NccU

🗳️ Elections and appointments

Martin Beck was promoted to CEO from CFO at UpHealth. https://uphealthinc.com

Chris Moore was promoted from president to CEO at Vision Innovation Partners. https://www.gryphon-inv.com/

Ted Pick, head of investment banking and trading, will succeed James Gorman as CEO of Morgan Stanley. https://axios.link/3McqtIM

Monica Cepak was promoted from chief marketing officer to interim CEO at Wisp. https://hellowisp.com/

Matt Franklin, the former COO of Akili Interactive, became its CEO, replacing outgoing CEO Eddie Martucci. https://www.akiliinteractive.com/

Nicolette Turner was promoted at Headspace to CFO from SVP of finance. https://axios.link/3SoxslM

Michael Krychman was promoted from VP of medical affairs and mental health services to chief medical officer at HerMD. https://hermd.com/

Molly Fitzpatrick was promoted from VP to principal at The Halifax Group. https://thehalifaxgroup.com/

Nicholas Kirkpatrick was promoted from senior director to VP of pharmacy strategy at Health Transformation Alliance. https://www.htahealth.com/

Divya Avasthi, formerly the head of venture banking at Citi Global, became head of Citi Global Wealth at Work's enterprise group. https://www.citigroup.com/global

Jennifer Friel Goldstein, formerly a managing partner at SVB, was promoted to head of business development for life science and health care banking. https://axios.link/48WClrT

Justin Spinks, formerly pharmacy manager at Walmart, became market health and wellness director, Walmart Health & Wellness. https://corporate.walmart.com/purpose/health-wellness

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📢 Promotions

Robbie Huffines, formerly a health care investment banker at JPMorgan Chase, will retire from the firm in the first quarter of next year, per Bloomberg. https://axios.link/3LWm0cU

🛫 Departures

Some CVS and Walgreens pharmacy staff across the U.S. launched a three-day walkout on Monday demanding better working conditions.  

The walkouts are part of a larger trend of labor unrest, including a strike by Kaiser Permanente health care workers that marked the largest recorded walkout among medical workers. 

A new reported found more than 145,000 health care practitioners left the industry from 2021 through 2022. Physicians accounted for nearly half of departures, prompting concerns over staffing shortages and care quality. 

📰 In the news

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

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November 04, 2023

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