St. Paul, Minn., USA - April 7, 2015, St. Paul, Minn., USA - EnteroMedics Inc., a medical device company, announced that Scott A. Shikora has been named EVP of medical affairs and chief medical officer of EnteroMedics, effective June 1, 2015.
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Dr. Shikora previously served as EnteroMedics' Consulting Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Shikora has over 20 years of experience in the field of obesity. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Prior to that, he worked at Tufts Medical Center in Boston for over 16 years, where he was the Director of the Weight and Wellness Center, and Chief of the divisions of Bariatric and General Surgery. He is a member of several medical societies and was active in leadership in the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition where he is a past president and former board member.
He is past president of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and a former Executive Council member. Dr. Shikora is Editor-in-Chief of Obesity Surgery and an Associate Editor of the surgical journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.
He has authored numerous book chapters and journal publications and has made hundreds of presentations internationally on bariatric surgery, new technologies and nutrition support topics.
He received his MD from the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons and completed his surgical residency and Nutrition Support fellowship at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston.
The Company also announced that Tonya Dowd, MPH, has joined EnteroMedics as Vice President of Reimbursement, effective April 4, 2015.
As Director of Reimbursement Policy and Market Access at Quorum Consulting, Ms. Dowd managed the Reimbursement Policy business unit and developed reimbursement and commercial strategies across Quorum's portfolio of clients in the molecular diagnostics, medical device and biopharma arenas.
Prior to joining Quorum Consulting, Ms. Dowd spent nine years at Johnson & Johnson where her innovative reimbursement programs and creative health plan interactions contributed to the successful commercialization of new technologies for the general surgery, oncology, bariatric surgery, urology, gastroenterology, anesthesia, gynecology and otolaryngology franchises.
Prior to her tenure at Johnson & Johnson, Ms. Dowd co-founded a reimbursement consulting company and worked for numerous medical device and pharmaceutical companies including Covance Healthcare Economics and Outcomes Research and National Data Corporation (NDC). ■