This monthly overview highlights recent hiring trends within the healthcare sector, focusing on leadership appointments, promotions, and layoffs, though it does not provide an exhaustive list. For any relevant updates regarding executive appointments, resignations, or layoffs, please reach out via (protected email).
Hiring Highlights
Aléda, a national network of independent primary care practices, has appointed Oraida Roman as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Roman brings approximately 25 years of leadership experience from Humana, where she held various positions.
Biopharmaceutical company Ardelyx has named Rajani Dinavahi as its new Chief Medical Officer. Dinavahi, a trained nephrologist, previously held leadership roles at Amgen and Atara Biotherapeutics.
Hayley Park joins Blue Shield of California as the new Chief of Pharmacy. Previously, Park held leadership roles at Walgreens and Kaiser Permanente.
Collective Health, a platform for administering employer health benefit plans, has appointed Kaushik Bhaumik as its new Chief Revenue Officer. His past leadership roles include positions at EY and Cognizant.
Humana has brought on Bobby Mukundan as its new Chief Technology Officer. Mukundan has a strong background in technical leadership from CVS Health, Accenture, JPMorgan Chase, and Citi.
Medical device company ImpédiMed has appointed Erik Anderson as its new CEO. Before joining ImpédiMed, Anderson served as president of Hologic’s breast and skeletal health division.
Virtual behavioral health company Iris Telehealth has named Donna Robinson as its new Chief Growth Officer. Robinson has previously held leadership positions at Accept, TeleVox Health, and Change Healthcare.
Venkat Kavarthapu has been appointed as the new CEO of health software company Symplr. He is the former CEO of interoperability software startup Edifecs, which was acquired by Cotiviti last year.
Zimmer Biomet, a giant in medical devices, has named Jonathan Vigdorchik as its new Chief Scientific, Technological, and Medical Affairs Officer. Vigdorchik previously worked as an orthopedic surgeon at NYU Langone Health and Hospital for Special Surgery.
Promotions
ChristianaCare has announced that Jenn Schwartz, its Chief Strategy Officer, will become CEO following the retirement of current CEO Janice Nevin on September 1. Schwartz joined the healthcare system in 2018 as General Counsel.
Layoffs
Baylor Scott & White Health Plan is exiting the Texas Medicaid market and terminating its marketplace insurance plans, resulting in the elimination of 321 jobs.
Novo Nordisk is cutting approximately 400 positions at its manufacturing site in Bloomington, Indiana, as part of a broader restructuring to address slowed growth in its GLP-1 drug unit amid rising pricing pressure and increased competition.
Greenwood Leflore Hospital in Mississippi has laid off 86 workers, amounting to about 17% of its workforce. These job cuts and the elimination of several service lines are part of preparations for a potential acquisition or closure.
UnityPoint Health has announced the elimination of 207 IT positions across its healthcare system. The organization stated that this move is part of a broader effort to reduce administrative costs by consolidating technology functions and transitioning to more centralized, outsourced IT support models.
