Chief Medical Officers

Mauro Avanzi, MD, PhD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Shoreline Biosciences, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing cellular immunotherapies based on induced pluripotent stem cells. 

Leena Gandhi, MD, PhD, has been named chief medical officer of NextPoint Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on immuno-oncology through its work on the HHLA2 pathway.

Angela Poppe Ries, MD, has been named chief medical officer of VyncaCare, a home healthcare company for patients living with serious illness.

Christopher Jankosky, MD, has been appointed chief medical officer of Neurolixis, a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the treatment of psychiatric and neurologic disorders.

Here are eight newly appointed chief medical officers reported by Becker's since Feb. 1:

Here are 10 physicians stepping into leadership roles Becker's has reported on since Feb. 7:

Dahlia Philips, MD, has been named medical director of the partnership in care special needs plan for MetroPlusHealth, a health insurer that is part of New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals.

Dr. Roger Sidhu has been named chief medical officer of Treadwell Therapeutics, a biotechnology company headquartered in New York City and focused on the treatment of patients with cancer.

Allan Pickens, MD, has been appointed professor and chair of the department of thoracic surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.

Jessica McHugh, MD, has been named chief medical officer of MultiCare Rockwood Clinic based in Spokane, Wash.