Welcome to this week’s Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of hirings, firings and retirings throughout the industry. Please submit the good news—or the bad—from your shop, and we will feature it here at the end of each week.
Flatiron Health
Flatiron Health tapped Quincy Weatherspoon as the company’s new vice president and general manager of Flatiron Point of Care Solutions. In the role, he will oversee the group’s network of oncology practices and point of care oncology products. Weatherspoon was formerly the VP of sales and marketing at Flatiron.
(Quincy Weatherspoon (LinkedIn))
“It’s critical to Flatiron’s mission to continue delivering market-leading technology to independent oncology clinics across the U.S.,” Weatherspoon said in a statement. “Flatiron is at a transformative point in its trajectory, I’m honored to continue supporting the point of care business and assisting our partners in providing the best possible patient care.”
Weatherspoon has spent over 17 years in health tech and medical devices, with the last 15 years serving in global commercial leadership roles across multiple healthcare markets and spaces. Quincy’s broad experience base over a 20+ year career has allowed him to hone his skill as a results oriented proven leader with strong acumen for sales and marketing leadership, strategic planning, financial analysis, and growth acceleration.
In addition to his role at Flatiron, Quincy actively serves on the board of the Georgia Transplant Foundation. He holds a bachelor’s in business administration from Ohio Northern University with a focus on finance and marketing and obtained an MBA from the University of Cincinnati in finance.
City of Hope
(Simon Nazarian (LinkedIn))
Simon Nazarian will join the organization as chief digital and technology officer. In his role, Nazarian will lead City of Hope’s overall technology strategy, with a focus on growing the organization’s digital innovation, AI and advanced analytics efforts.
Nazarian joins City of Hope after serving for four years as chief information officer at Optum Health-Care Delivery, one of America’s leading health care providers and health plans. He brings more than 25 years of experience developing innovative strategies and leading large transformational initiatives for Optum, McKinsey and Company, Kaiser Permanente, Sony Pictures Entertainment and other large companies. In his new role, Nazarian will be responsible for evolving City of Hope’s technology and digital ecosystem, with the goal of enabling discoveries in the fight against cancer and enhancing the overall patient and care team experience.
“I am truly honored to join City of Hope, an organization that is renowned for its cancer research, treatment and innovation,” Nazarian said. “Its mission and deep focus on patients personally resonate with me. I am looking forward to partnering with cancer experts and dedicated teams across our national system of care to apply advanced technologies and insights that will create an even more seamless experience for our patients and care teams.”
RhythmX AI
(Nathan Gnanasambandam (LinkedIn))
RhythmX AI, a generative AI-native company with a precision care platform for doctors, announced that Nathan Gnanasambandam has joined as vice president of AI. Gnanasambandam was United Health’s former VP of data science and operational intelligence.
Gnanasambandam has been instrumental in knitting together research pursued through DARPA, IBM and NSF funding to deliver frontline applications at scale, encompassing the needs of health systems, payors and patients. He has also served in leadership positions focused on AI ethics, information security, and HITRUST/HIPAA certification, further broadening his comprehensive experience.
Gnanasambandam’s Vice President of AI role includes spearheading the development, enhancement and scaling of RhythmX AI solutions to health systems and physicians nationwide. Weaving together his research and AI ethics background, he leads the AI architecture for RhythmX AI’s enterprise platform and oversees responsible practices for deploying AI in healthcare. Gnanasambandam will also grow RhythmX AI’s data and technology partnerships, and will play a leading role in the further expansion of the AI team.
> Molina Healthcare Inc. announced that Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Mark Keim will assume an expanded role that will now include leadership of the company’s Medicaid Health Plans and Marketplace business. His responsibilities as CFO of the enterprise remain unchanged.
> Wellth, a science-backed daily care motivation solution that empowers members to prioritize their health, announced that it has named former Sanford Health Plan CEO John Snyder as its chief operating officer.
> Cigna Healthcare has named longtime industry leader Erin Lenox as president, national accounts for its U.S. employer business.
> Mathematica tapped Christopher Trenholm as its executive VP and chief business officer.
> Greg Burrell was appointed chief medical officer of Homeward Health.
> Thyme Care announced a new senior vice president of value-based care, Lalan Wilfong.
> Telehealth specialty care company Guidehealth has appointed Oscar Wu as its chief financial officer.
> Butterfly Network Inc. tapped Steve Cashman as chief business officer.
> Canvas Medical appointed a new CEO, Adam Farren. The current founder and CEO, Andrew Hines, will move into the founder and chief technology officer role to spearhead the company’s artificial intelligence products.
> Access TeleCare, the largest national provider of acute specialty telemedicine for health systems nationwide, announced the appointment of Blake Porter, M.D., to chief of maternal-fetal medicine. Access TeleCare also promoted Lauren Ingram to chief of advanced practice providers.
> WhiteSwell, a company pioneering a new paradigm in the treatment of acute decompensated heart failure, announced the appointments of Ric Cote to its board of directors and Sergio Shkurovich as vice president of clinical affairs.
> Cylinder, the employer-sponsored benefit for digestive care management, has expanded its leadership and tapped Jared Scharen as its new COO.
> Bluesight, a provider of medication intelligence solutions, announced the appointment of Mark Peters to chief financial officer.
> John McGrath has joined Nourish, a food as medicine platform, as its first chief financial officer.
> Two new healthcare leaders have joined the board of virtual care company OnMed, Ken Goulet and Heyward Donigan.
> Experity hired Saji Rajasekharan as chief technology officer.
> UbiSim, a virtual reality training platform built for nurses, announced the hiring of Bjørn Toft Madsen as chief technology and product officer.
> Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, a Lifepoint Health hospital, has appointed Carolyn Sparks to CEO.
> Greenway Health tapped two seasoned vice presidents of sales, Geordie Sanborn and Chuck Rackley.
This article was originally published on fiercehealthcare