Healthcare Action: Summary of Monthly Hiring, Exports and Layouts

Healthcare Action: Summary of Monthly Hiring, Exports and Layouts
This review is published monthly. Its purpose is to highlight some recent recruitment news in healthcare and is not intended to be comprehensive. If you have news about executive appointments, resignations or layoffs to share this review, please contact [email protected].
employment
Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Anjin Shannon Turley is welcomed as Vice President of Research Biology and Co-Head of Research Biology. She comes from a company at Genentech, where she most recently served as head of immunology and regenerative medicine.
Gene Therapy Company Yes Hussein Sweiti was appointed as chief medical officer. He joined Astellas Pharma's Engene, where he worked as head of business in gene therapy.
Healthcare Operations Technology Company IKS Health Ajai Sehgal was hired as the new chief AI officer. In the past, he served as Mayo Clinic's first chief data and analysis officer.
Craig Albanese leaves role as CEO of Duke University's health system Kaiser PermanentePresident of Integrated Care and Coverage. Prior to working at these institutions, he held leadership positions at New York-Prestrea, Stanford Child Health and UCSF Health.
Medical equipment giant Medtronic Named Adam Arthur is the chief medical officer of its neurovascular business. He previously served as chairman of neurosurgery at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center.
Penguin AIThe tool is for automating administrative tasks such as prior authorization and medical coding, and Mark Caron is welcomed as Chief Strategy Officer. In the past, he has served at Capital Bluecross, Optum Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield in Wisconsin, Blue Cross Blue Shield in Massachusetts, and Chi Health.
Spring birth Mike Michetti was appointed as CEO and Stacey Payne as chief. Michetti previously held leadership positions at Marathon Health, Highmark Health, Allegheny Health Network, Cleveland Clinic and Mercy. In the past, Payne has held executive positions at companies such as Sweetgreen, Soulcycle and Daily Harvest.
Promotion
Medical data intelligence platform Komodo Health Miles Ennis is appointed as the new COO. Last year, he joined the company as chief revenue officer.
Hosted healthcare services companies Magellan Health Steven Pratt was appointed as the new chief medical officer. He joined the company in 2007 as medical director for the Southern Region.
Temple Health Promoted Abhi Rastogi to the role of chief executive officer. Rastogi has worked with the organization for more than two decades and most recently served as CEO of Temple University Hospital. Ryan joined Temple as Chief Human Resources Officer in 2022 – prior to that, he served as general counsel at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
quit
Ochsner Health Chief Operating Officer Mike Hulefeld will resign at the end of this year. He worked in the health system for 27 years and joined an administrative researcher. Timothy Riddell, who also spent twenty years in the health system, will take over Hulefeld's role next year.
Providence Chief Transformation Officer Sara Vaezy left the organization after spending nearly 10 years there. She joined in 2016 as a consultant for digital innovation technology.
Layoffss
Memorial to Sloan Ketlin Cancer Center Looking to eliminate less than 2% of the employee base. It said that the health system must make these layoffs due to cost pressures related to drugs, labor and resupply.
Novo Nordisk The announced plan reduces its workforce by 11%, equivalent to about 9,000 employees. The move was due to competition that inspired its GLP-1 drugs Ozempic and Wegovy.
Seattle Children 154 workers are being laid off, citing federal and state funding cuts as a reason. Most affected employees take administrative roles.