Oracle has announced that Seema Verma, former administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, will head up its life sciences division.
Verma will serve as senior vice president and general manager for life sciences, where she’ll lead the division, as well as the company’s data analytics and research arm Cerner Enviza. She most recently worked as a senior advisor to private equity firms Cressy & Co. and TPG, and worked as CMS administrator during the Trump administration.
“Seema has a proven track record of success in both public and private sector healthcare,” Mike Sicilia, executive vice president of Oracle Global Industries, said in a statement. “Because of this, she has a unique understanding of how to bring together those on the cutting edge of innovation and those in charge of regulation to help our customers make critical medical breakthroughs and bring new therapies to market.”
Butterfly Network announced it had hired Joseph M. DeVivo as the handheld ultrasound company’s new president and CEO.
He’ll also join the company’s board of directors as chairman. DeVivo previously worked as president of hospitals and health systems at virtual care giant Teladoc Health and as CEO and director at InTouch Health, which focuses on high acuity telehealth.
He recently served as executive chairman on the board of directors at Caption Health, maker of AI-enabled ultrasound guidance software. Earlier this year, GE HealthCare announced plans to purchase Caption.
Butterfly began the search for a new chief executive late last year after Dr. Todd Fruchterman stepped down from his roles.
“Joseph DeVivo’s proven commercial success, deep understanding of the market and ability to think strategically to scale and run businesses over a three-decade career were essential criteria in our search for a new CEO,” Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, Butterfly founder, board member and outgoing interim CEO, said in a statement.
“His industry and commercial expertise, paired with his dedication, make him the ideal candidate to lead Butterfly. We are excited to have him join Butterfly as we continue transforming healthcare through AI-enabled, semiconductor-based, portable whole-body imaging, and I am confident in his ability to make Butterfly widely successful.”
Brightline, which provides virtual behavioral healthcare for children, hired Myra Altman as chief clinical officer and Amy Chen as chief marketing officer.
Altman most recently led clinical strategy and research at digital mental health benefits company Modern Health. Chen previously worked as vice president of marketing at hybrid care provider Crossover Health and head of marketing at CareMore Health.
“As our healthcare system continues to fail our children, Brightline is delivering critical support to families in need,” Naomi Allen, Brightline cofounder and CEO, said in a statement.
“By adding Dr. Altman and Amy Chen to our team, Brightline will continue to elevate the standard of care available to families through its commitment to quality, while expanding youth mental health literacy to reduce stigma and help families understand the support available to them.”
Brightline raised $105 million and then another $10 million in 2022. But, like a number of digital health companies over the past year, Brightline laid off 20% of its workforce at the end of the year.
Maternal health startup Mahmee last week announced it had added two new members to its leadership team.
Dr. Amanda Williams joins as the company’s first medical director, and Christie Pitts will serve as vice president of operations. Williams also works as the clinical innovation advisor to the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative and serves as an adjunct faculty member at Stanford University School of Medicine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Pitts previously worked as a general partner at Backstage Capital, which invested in Mahmee’s seed round in 2019, and represented Backstage on the startup’s board.
The maternal care startup announced three new members of its board of directors: Caretha Coleman, who worked at Software Publishing Corporation and served as chairman of the board for Dignity Health; Rachel Springate, cofounder and founding general partner of Muse Capital; and Marlon Nichols, cofounder and managing general partner at MaC Venture Capital.
Founded in 2016, Mahmee raised $9.2 million in Series A funding about a year ago.
