Report: Amazon adds MGH cardiologist Majmudar | Personnel Moves – August 21, 2018

Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN) has picked up well-known cardiologist Dr. Maulik Majmudar for a new role within the company as it looks to continue its foray into healthcare, according to a recent CNBC report. The announcement was made by Majmudar himself on Twitter, according to the report, though he did not state what his specific role within the company will be. Prior to joining Amazon, Majmudar served as the associate director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s healthcare transformation lab and lectured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to the report. Majmudar has advised tech companies in the past, according to CNBC, including diagnosis company Quanttus which aimed to track blood pressure from the wrist, but failed. Amazon has not officially commented on the addition.  Rox Medical taps ex-Philips exec MacKinnon as CEO Rox Medical said last week it appointed former Philips exec Mike MacKinnon as its new chief executive officer. Prior to joining San Clemente, Calif.-based Rox Medical, MacKinnon served as head of image guided technologies and devices sales for Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG). He joined Philips through its acquisition of Volcano, with which he served as Phoenix atherectomy and peripheral sales lead and GM, Rox Medical said. MacKinnon also served as president and CEO of AtheroMed before Volcano acquired it in 2014. “Despite the many classes of drugs available to physicians to treat hypertension, millions of patients still have blood pressures t...
Source: Mass Device - Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tags: Business/Financial News Abbott Amazon BioCardia BioSig Technologies Endologix johnsonandjohnson Lantheus Lumendi Nuvasive personnel-moves Rox Medical royalphilips SetPoint Medical Steris Corp. Xtant Medical Source Type: news