Katie Adams , 2025-08-30 03:46:00
This roundup is published monthly. It is meant to highlight some of healthcare’s recent hiring news and is not intended to be comprehensive. If you have news about an executive appointment, resignation or layoff that you would like to share for this roundup, please reach out to [email protected].
Hires
At-home testing and telehealth platform eMed hired Linda Yaccarino as its new CEO. Yaccarino is the former CEO of X, and before that, she spent more than a decade in executive roles at NBCUniversal Media.
Geron, a biotech company developing telomerase-based cancer therapies, appointed Harout Semerjian as its new CEO. He has more than 30 years of experience in hematology and oncology, including executive roles at Novartis, Ipsen and GlycoMimetics.
Pharmacy technology startup Nuvem expanded its C-suite with three new hires. The company welcomed Jim Garretson as chief product officer, Michael Korthius as chief technology officer and Garret Albert as CFO. Both Garretson and Korthius recently served in executive roles at Omnicell. Albert is the former vice president of strategic finance at One Medical.
OpenAI hired two new leaders for its healthcare division — Nate Gross as head of health strategy and Ashley Alexander as vice president of health products. Gross is the co-founder of Rock Health and Doximity. Alexander comes to OpenAI from Instagram, where she most recently served as co-head of product.
Paytient, which offers interest-free healthcare payment cards, welcomed Trent Haywood as its chief outcomes officer. His prior roles include deputy chief medical officer at CMS, chief medical officer at Vizient and chief medical officer of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
AI-powered medical imaging diagnostics company Qure.ai appointed Javier Zulueta as its new chief medical officer of pulmonology. He is the former chief of Mount Sinai’s pulmonology division.
Rad AI, an AI-driven radiology workflow and reporting platform, welcomed two new finance leaders to its C-suite. The company appointed Barrett Dwyer as CFO and Kevin Field as chief revenue officer. Dwyer was formerly the CFO of Brightline and Modern Health, and Field comes to Rad AI from Bamboo Health, where he served as senior vice president of commercial revenue.
Wayne DeVeydt is taking over the CFO role at UnitedHealth Group. He joins the company from Bain Capital, where he served as a managing director and operating partner.
Healthcare data and analytics platform Veradigm hired Don Trigg as its new CEO. In the past, he has held executive roles at Cerner and Apree Health.
Value-based healthcare technology company Visana Health welcomed Tom Maraday as chief commercial officer. He comes to the company from Omada Health, where he served as head of sales.
Walgreens named Mike Motz CEO after Sycamore Partners finalized its acquisition of the company. He replaces Tim Wentworth, who will continue to serve as an ongoing director at Walgreens. Motz is the former CEO of Staples US Retail.
Promotions
Customer engagement platform Weave named Abhi Sharma as chief technology officer. He joined the company in March as head of engagement, and before that, he served in leadership roles at Twilio, Salesforce, Oracle and Amazon.
Exits
Susan Monarez was fired from her role as CDC director less than a month after her confirmation, following reported clashes with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccine policy. Her apparent ousting comes amid a period of turmoil at the CDC, including a recent deadly shooting at its headquarters.
Layoffs
mRNA-vaccine developer BioNTech laid off 90 workers across sites in Maryland and Massachusetts.
Minnesota-based health system CentraCare cut 535 roles across 44 different facilities. About 70% of these roles are administrative and support positions, with the rest being patient care positions.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is laying off 439 workers, which is 5.8% of its workforce. The health system said the job cuts are a “strategic plan to ensure long-term sustainability and mission alignment amid growing financial challenges.”
Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare recently laid off about 230 workers, which is less than 1% of its workforce. Affected employees primarily come from its financial services and revenue cycle departments.