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Marc Yoskowitz, former CSO and EVP at Tempus, became CEO of Evozyne. https://www.evozyne.com/

Marti Taylor, former executive director of behavioral health at Verily, joined Aetna as CEO of OhioRise. https://www.aetnabetterhealth.com/ohiorise/index.html

Geoffrey Martin, former president of Olive AI, became CEO of Healthy.io. https://healthy.io/

Susan Tousi, former chief commercial officer at Illumina, became CEO of Delfi Diagnostics. https://axios.link/41P1NN5

Travis Dalton, former GM at Oracle Health, joined MultiPlan as CEO. https://www.multiplan.us/

Tom Britton, former CEO of American Addiction Centers, joined Accanto Health as CEO. https://accanto.com/

Jim Boyman, former central region president at Aetna, became CEO of Oxbridge Health. https://www.oxbridgehealth.com/

Robert Coyle, former SVP, global head of health care at Kuehne+Nagel, joined Atlantic Street Capital-backed BioTouch as CEO. https://biotouchglobal.com/

Alyssa Rapp, former CEO of Surgical Solutions, became CEO of Empower Aesthetics. https://www.empower.spa/

David Feygin, former VP and chief digital health officer at Boston Scientific, joined Redesign Health as CEO of a stealth company focused on data and AI. https://www.redesignhealth.com/

Jason Rose, former CEO of AdhereHealth, joined Clearsense as CEO. https://clearsense.com/

Chris Throckmorton, former CEO of Athletico Physical Therapy, joined Partners Group-backed EyeCare Partners as CEO. https://www.eyecare-partners.com/

Jess Compagnola, former CFO of Nomad Health, joined Carrum Health as CFO. https://carrumhealth.com/

David Green, former interim CFO of Prolacta Bioscience, became CFO of SeaStar Medical Holding Corporation. https://seastarmedical.com/

Lily Huang, former partner at NEA, joined Curana Health as CFO. https://curanahealth.com/

Jess Compagnola, former CFO and EVP of finance at Nomad Health, joined Carrum Health as CFO. https://carrumhealth.com/

Jeremy Leventhal, former AVP of product at Hinge Health, joined Employer Direct Healthcare (EDHC) as chief product officer. Also at EDHC, Nicki Macmanus, former VP and GM of kidney care at CVS Health, joined as SVP and GM of cancer care. https://www.edhc.com/

Sam Cannizzaro, formerly with Elevate Healthcare Marketing, joined Deerfield Agency as chief creative officer. https://axios.link/3TIS60v

Aerste Howells, previously CRO of Cureatr, joined Icario as chief commercial officer. https://axios.link/41I348q

Benjamin Wilson, former adviser at Redesign Health, joined Rezilient Health as chief of staff. https://www.rezilienthealth.com/

Sudhir Kesavan, former partner at PwC India, became COO of CitiusTech. https://www.citiustech.com/

Tim Brown, former CRO at About Healthcare, joined Kalderos as COO. Also at Kalderos, Kate Flathers, former head of product at Hawthorne Effect, joined as head of product. https://www.kalderos.com/

Shilpa Lakshmana Raju, former chief of staff to the CEO at Truepill, joined Alchemy as COO. https://www.alchemyhealth.com/

Shannon Allen, former Ownly COO, joined Swift Medical as COO. https://axios.link/3UcDwyt

Rebecca Schwietz, former VP of clinical performance at Bright Health, joined Stellar Health as COO. https://stellar.health/

Ravi Bala, former VP of digital, U.S. business at MetLife, joined Family First as chief product and technology officer. https://www.family-first.com/

Abdallah Dalabih, former vice chair of quality, pediatrics, at UAMS, joined Driscoll Health System as chief medical officer. https://driscollchildrens.org/

Adam Perlman, former Mayo Clinic medical director, joined Pendulum Therapeutics as chief medical officer. https://pendulumlife.com/

Ujjwal Ramtekkar, former Quartet Health VP, joined LifeStance Health as chief medical officer effective Jan. 22, 2024. https://lifestance.com/

Mahshid Pirzadeh, former global SVP of SecurityScorecard, joined Rectangle Health as its first chief customer officer. https://axios.link/3RSX0W9

Shawn McCarrey, former CCO at BlueWave, joined BioStem Technologies as CCO. https://www.biostemtechnologies.com/

Katie Higgins, former CRO at Crossover Health, and Steven Leist, former VP at American Airlines, joined Progyny as CCO and CTO, respectively. https://progyny.com/

Steve Howe, former CTO of Onnit, joined Clearwater as CTO. https://axios.link/3vEQjzC

Harshit Shah, former CTO of Spring Health, joined Kyruus Health as CTO. https://kyruushealth.com/

Ryan Royal, former CTO of InterviewStream, joined Upfront Healthcare as CTO. https://upfronthealthcare.com/

Nirveek De, former VP of product management at GoodRx, joined Thirty Madison as its first CPO. https://thirtymadison.com/

Kevin Thilborger, former managing director of VBC at Huron, joined Unlock Health as chief revenue strategy officer. https://www.unlockhealthnow.com/

Spencer Pratt, former VP of market solutions at Unite Us, joined NourishedRx as chief growth officer. https://www.nourishedrx.com/

Meg Starr became global head of corporate affairs at The Carlyle Group, per Axios' Pro Rata. https://axios.link/48lLWYK

Alison Harding-Jones, former investment banker at Citigroup, joined Deutsche Bank as global head of M&A. https://axios.link/48lEbSy

Stuart Quin, former CEO at Medica Group, joined GHO Capital as partner. https://ghocapital.com/

Jeff Jonas, and Al Robichaud, former CEO and CSO of Sage Therapeutics, respectively, joined Cure Ventures as partners. www.curevc.com

Bill Hoffman, former CEO of Visualase, joined Vensana Capital as venture partner. Also, CFO Steve Schwen added partner to his title. https://www.vensanacap.com/

Former U.S. Representative Patrick J. Kennedy joined Healthsperien as partner. https://healthsperien.com/

Rene Sauerteig, former COO of Benevis and Southeast Primary Care Partners, joined Cathay Capital as operating partner. www.cathaycapital.com

Jon Maschmeyer, former senior partner and co-head of health care investments at Vistria Group, joined Permira as partner focused on U.S. health care investments. https://axios.link/41T5m4H

Debbie Cardinali, former senior associate general counsel at Hartford Healthcare Corporation, joined Wiggin and Dana LLP as partner in the health care practice group. https://www.wiggin.com/

Mark Almeida, former president at Moody's, joined Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe as operating partner. https://www.wcas.com/

Philip Boyd, former managing director of health care investment banking at Guggenheim Partners, joined Leerink Partners as senior managing director of health care services and tech. https://www.leerink.com/

Yossi Ben Amram, former regional president of Merck & Co., became president of Quris-AI. https://www.quris.ai/

Josh Makower, director of the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign, and Stephen Oesterle, former SVP of medicine and tech at Medtronic, joined Patient Square Capital as senior advisers. https://axios.link/3S4eb8C

Ray Bassi, former VP of sales at DermTech, joined PatientFi as SVP of sales. https://axios.link/3tC8zJp

Amanda Weaver, former VP of growth at Daybreak Health, joined Better Life Partners as SVP of clinical operations. https://betterlifepartners.com/

Steve Strauss, former VP of commercial at Mantra Health, joined FarmboxRx as SVP of business development. https://hello.farmboxrx.com/

Bruce Shepard, former executive director at Community Health Systems, joined PayrHealth as EVP of innovation. https://payrhealth.com/

Elise Witek, former VP of sales at Exym, joined Eleos Health as AVP of partnerships. https://eleos.health/

Pete Manning, former SVP of business development at Select Medical, became VP of business development at Jasper. https://www.hellojasper.com/

Carrie Hatfield, former chief growth officer at Jasper Health, joined Carrot Fertility as VP of health plan partnerships. https://www.get-carrot.com/

Tarul Kode, adviser at Redesign Health, joined Calibrate as VP of clinical consulting. https://www.joincalibrate.com/

Shruti Tibrewala, former principal of life sciences at Flatiron Health, joined AvoMD as VP of life sciences. https://www.avomd.io/

Scott McClung, former VP of sales at Strongline, joined Canopy as VP of sales. https://www.canopyworks.com/

Elise-Marie Menke, former strategic partnerships lead at Google Health, joined IKS Health as VP of product. https://www.ikshealth.com/

Dominic Chan, former director and head of business development and sponsors coverage at Vaquero Capital, joined Berenson & Company as VP. https://berensonco.com/

Meiling Tan, former VP and head of marketing at Brightline, joined Care.com as VP of brand. https://www.care.com/

Carey Hutchins, former senior director of client success at Brightline, joined Form as VP of client success. Also at Form, Tom Kahl, former CRO at Hello Heart, joined as VP of sales. https://www.formhealth.co/

Tom Mafale, former chief growth officer at Paradigm, joined Luminare Health as VP of sales. https://www.luminarehealth.com/

Rogier Van Willigen, formerly of Stripe, joined Lindus Health as VP of product. https://www.lindushealth.com/

Jeff Winslow, former VP of sales at Zelis, joined Perspecta as VP of sales. https://www.goperspecta.net/

Christina Keesecker, former senior director of analytics at Cityblock Health, joined Arkos Health as VP of product. https://arkoshealth.com/

Amir Lewkowicz, formerly CCO of AIVF, joined Team8 as director of business development. https://team8.vc/

Katie Reed, former CEO of Balanced, joined SCAN Health as senior director of member retention. https://www.thescangroup.org/

Katie Kippley, former director of strategy at NantHealth, joined Abridge as director of partner success. https://www.abridge.com/

Tiffany Wyatt, former director of clinical operations at Optimize Health, joined LookDeep Health as director of nursing. Also at LookDeep, Kerry Armstrong, former senior director of sales at Care.ai, joined as VP of sales. https://lookdeep.health/

Rowda Mitwalli, former director of talent at Redesign Health, joined CardioOne as director of talent acquisition. https://www.cardioone.com/

Tiffany Wyatt, former director of clinical operations at Optimize Health, joined LookDeep Health as director of nursing. https://lookdeep.health/

Christopher Smith, former VP of customer programs at Olive, joined Huron as managing director in the firm's care transformation group. http://www.huronconsultinggroup.com/

Beth Gasson, former manager at Nordic Global, joined Vizient as consulting director. https://www.vizientinc.com/

David Sans, formerly head of market analytics at Pfizer, joined EF Hutton as managing director and head of health care. https://efhutton.com/

Dierk Beyer, former managing director at Cowen Europe AG, and Tobias Levedag, former partner at Cowen Inc., joined Raymond James' Germany offices as managing directors in the firm's health care investment banking practice. https://axios.link/48swTN0

Charles Newcomb, formerly with Signature Bank as a managing director, joined Citizens Private Bank as a managing director, private equity finance group. https://www.citizensbank.com/private-banking/overview.aspx

Dudley Baker, formerly of Canaccord, and Kerr Robertson, formerly of William Blair, joined Houlihan Lokey's health care group as managing directors. https://hl.com/ 

Jamil Beg, formerly at 5AM Ventures, and Nikola Trbovic were appointed partner and managing partner of SV Health Investors' biotech team, respectively. https://svhealthinvestors.com/

Toyin Falola, former senior director of clinical product strategy at Ro, became AVP of virtual care clinical product strategy at Providence. https://www.providence.org/

Jon Serbousek, former CEO of Orthofix Medical, joined Permira as a senior adviser to its global health care team. www.permira.com

Miles Plant, former senior attorney in privacy and identity protection with the FTC, joined Amazon as corporate counsel. https://www.aboutamazon.com/

Kylen Bailey, former director of solution architecture at Hatch, joined Ambience Healthcare as senior solutions architect. https://www.ambiencehealthcare.com/

Kristin Kelly, VP of growth at Firefly Health, joined Primary Venture Partners as an expert adviser. https://www.primary.vc/

Mark Laperouse joined Varsity Healthcare Partners-backed Ventra Health as a strategic adviser. https://ventrahealth.com/

Dave Lewis, former Tesco chief executive, chair of GSK spinoff Haleon, joined Clayton, Dubilier & Rice as an operating adviser. www.cdr-inc.com

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Keith Errey, founder of Isansys, was appointed strategic adviser of XRP Healthcare. https://axios.link/3S0DCXx

Kelly Kennedy, former CFO of the Honest Company, was appointed to the board of directors at GoodRx (Nasdaq: GDRX). https://goodrx.com/

Mark Webster of the University of Auckland, Charanjit Rihal of the Mayo Clinic, and Gorav Ailawadi of the University of Michigan joined the clinical advisory board of Capstan Medical. https://capstanmedical.com/

Michel Vounatsos, former CEO of Biogen, joined Feel Therapeutics as chair of the advisory board. https://www.feeltherapeutics.com/

Michael Hasbany, former EVP of sales at Inovalon, joined Healthmine's advisory board. https://axios.link/3Hdj3BZ

Melissa Waters, CMO of Upwork, joined Sesame's board of directors. https://sesamecare.com/

Anjali Tiku Owens, medical director of Penn Medicine's Center for Inherited Cardiac Disease, joined CorVista Health's medical advisory board. https://axios.link/3SqkgMF

Robert Langer, co-founder of Moderna, joined Lindus Health's advisory board. https://axios.link/48Jl7xV

Joaquim Lima, partner at Riverwood Capital, joined Amigo Tech's board of directors. https://www.amigotech.com.br/

🗳️ Elections and appointments

Sarah Emond was promoted to CEO of ICER. https://icer.org/

Christophe De Vusser, former head of Bain & Company's European PE advisory business, was promoted to CEO, per FT.

Brian Evanko was promoted to president and CEO of Cigna Healthcare. https://www.cigna.com/

Steve Nelson, former president of ChenMed, was named its CEO, and former CEO, Chris Chen, transitioned  to the role of executive chair of the board, effective Feb. 1. https://www.chenmed.com/

Sari Kaganoff, former GM of Rock Health's advisory service, was promoted to chief commercial officer. https://rockhealth.com/advisory

Former principals Cynthia Yee, Amrinder Singh, and Mike Kramer were promoted to partners at Vensana Capital. https://www.vensanacap.com/

Aaron Fournier was promoted to president of Soaak Digital, a division of Soaak Technologies, from his previous role as COO. https://axios.link/48uFtLf

Ken Caplan and Lionel Assant were promoted from Blackstone global co-heads of real estate and European PE, respectively, to global co-chief investment officers. https://www.blackstone.com/

Alexander Despo was promoted to director, investment banking, health care technology at Union Square Advisors, from his previous role of VP. https://www.usadvisors.com/

Francesco Draetta was promoted from partner to managing director at Omega Funds. https://axios.link/3tQp0l8

Nikola Trbovic was promoted from partner to managing partner at SV Health Investors. Also, Jamil Beg, formerly of 5AM Ventures, joined the firm as a partner. www.svhealthinvestors.com

Aaron Gershenberg, former senior adviser at SVB Capital, was promoted to managing partner. https://www.svbcapital.com/

Rodolphe Louvet was promoted to principal at Stanley Capital Partners. www.stanley-capital.com

Srinivas Velamoor was promoted from EVP to president and COO at NextGen Healthcare and James Hammerschmidt was promoted to CFO. https://www.nextgen.com/

Anindita Saha was promoted from assistant director to associate director for strategic initiatives at the FDA's Digital Health Center of Excellence. https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/digital-health-center-excellence

Ben Eckholm was promoted to senior associate at Braemont Capital. https://axios.link/48RI0Pv

Rodolphe Louvet was promoted from senior associate to principal at Stanley Capital Partners. https://stanley-capital.com/

Promotions at Sapphire Ventures: Rob Severo was named partner and chief compliance officer. Krupa Vankayala was named partner, people and HR. Kevin Burke was named partner, strategy. Jenny Bavinger was named VP, marketing, ventures and portfolio growth. Jason Morris was named VP, investor relations. Shinta Yulia was named VP, finance, Sapphire partners. Imogen Mulliner was named VP, ventures. Derek Asbun was named senior director, business development. Brett Ripperger was named director, investor reporting and business analytics. Georgie Davies was named senior associate, ventures. https://sapphireventures.com/ 

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

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