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Here’s a noncomprehensive roundup of the past month’s career shifts.
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Kristi Baker: The former VP of women and children services at Saint Francis Health System in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is now senior executive officer of Orlando-based AdventHealth for Children effective April 7. In her role, she will oversee the health system’s full Florida pediatric care network.
Raj Chopra: After five years as venture partner and head of oncology at life sciences venture capital firm Apple Tree Partners, Chopra is moving on to become chief scientific officer at Flagship Pioneering-founded Prologue Medicines, the biotechnology company announced April 8.
Heather Cianfrocco: On April 29, UnitedHealth Group revealed that the current CEO of its healthcare services subsidiary Optum will become the group’s EVP of governance, compliance, and information security effective May 6. Patrick Conway, current Optum Rx CEO, will assume the vacated Optum CEO position.
Amy Compton-Phillips: This MD will become CVS Health’s new EVP and chief medical officer starting May 19, the retail pharmacy chain said on April 8. She was most recently chief physician executive of healthcare performance improvement company Press Ganey.
Mikael Dolsten: After 15 years as Pfizer’s chief scientific officer and president of worldwide research, development, and medical, Dolsten has retired and taken on a senior advisor role at Blackstone Life Sciences, a pharma-focused division of Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative asset manager, Bloomberg reported on April 9.
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Brian Newman: New job, same title—Newman has gone from the UPS’s EVP and CFO to the same at CVS Health, as of April 21. He’s succeeding Tom Cowhey, who will become a strategic advisor to President and CEO David Joyner starting May 12.
Sourabh Pagaria: German multinational company Siemens Healthineers named Pagaria as the new president of its global ultrasound business April 1. He’s been with the company since 2011 and was previously EVP and head of Southern Europe.
David Ryan: Somerville, Massachusetts-based Mass General Brigham on April 2 announced Ryan as the inaugural president of its cancer institute. Ryan is a medical oncologist who has been the institute’s physician-in-chief for the past year.
Jay Shah: On April 29, Synapse Health introduced Shah as its new CEO. The company aims to help transition the durable medical equipment industry to value-based care. Shah was most recently CFO of Integra Partners, another company in the space.
Adam Weinstein: Virtual care company Teladoc Health announced Weinstein as its new chief product officer on April 15. He left the same role at Cityblock Health, a Medicaid and Medicare value-based care provider.