Imaging Leaders: Page 48

A-Life taps new VP

Billing and computerized coding vendor A-Life Medical has hired David Desch as vice president of engineering development and IT.

May 21, 2007

Mansfield honored at namesake ISMRM lecture

BERLIN - Currently recovering from surgery, Sir Peter Mansfield was unable to deliver a lecture on acoustic noise at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), according to Peter Gordon Morris, PhD, head of the Sir Peter Mansfield MR Centre at the University of Nottingham, U.K. Instead, Morris offered an overview of Mansfield's contributions to the field of MR during his talk Monday.

May 20, 2007

Siemens taps Löscher as new CEO

German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG has named Peter Löscher as its new president and CEO, replacing Klaus Kleinfeld, who announced in April that he is stepping down.

May 20, 2007

OnCURE names new CEO

Outpatient radiation therapy provider OnCURE Medical of Newport Beach, CA, has hired David Chernow as CEO.

May 20, 2007

GE taps new VP for IT business

GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has named Joseph Vinhais as vice president of quality assurance and regulatory affairs for the company's Integrated IT Solutions business in Barrington, IL.

May 17, 2007

Misys names Reider as medical director

Healthcare IT firm Misys Healthcare Systems has named Dr. Jacob Reider as medical director for research and development, focusing on electronic health records (EHR) technology.

May 16, 2007