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2026

Davenport Search Partners successfully places the new Global Head of Medical and Scientific Affairs for Abbott
Davenport Search Partners successfully places the new Global DVP of Clinical Affairs for Abbott
Davenport Search Partners successfully places the new Global Vice President of R&D, Strategy and Operations for Alcon
Davenport Search Partners assists Edgewise Therapeutics in the recruitment of Commercial Executive Christopher Martin from Verona Pharma, recently acquired in 2025 by Merck for $10B, to its Board of Directors

2025

Abbott selects Davenport Search Partners for the new Head of Biocompatibility search
Alcon selects Davenport Search Partners for the new Global Vice President of R&D, Strategy and Operations, Instrumentation search
Abbott selects Davenport Search Partners for the new DVP, Clinical Affairs, Structural Heart
Alcon selects Davenport Search Partners for the new Vice President, Chemistry and Biomaterial Development, R&D search
Abbott selects Davenport Search Partners for the new Head of Medical and Scientific Affairs, Infectious Disease Diagnostics search
The Heart Company selects Davenport Search Partners for the new Chief Scientific Officer
Edgewise Therapeutics selects Davenport Search Partners for the new Head of Cardiac Discovery and Translational Pharmacology
Edgewise Therapeutics selects Davenport Search Partners to recruit a new Board of Directors member, Commercial
Davenport Search Partners successfully places Linda McLaughlin from Radionetics Oncology as the new Head of Human Resources for Tr1X
Davenport Search Partners successfully places Janine Powers, PhD from Nurix Therapeutics as the new Vice President and Head of Translational Science for Tr1X

2024

Davenport Search Partners was very pleased to partner with Tommy Sablan and KUSI this year for the 28th year of Breaking and Entering Christmas San Diego to gift a new 2024 Toyota SUV for a well deserving, local family in need. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDrSIV5p9sY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Davenport Search Partners successfully places Anita Nosratieh, PhD from AdvaMed as the new Head of Regulatory Affairs, U.S. for Abbott
Davenport Search Partners successfully places Svetlana Kobina, MD, PhD from Bayer Pharmaceuticals Oncology as the new Vice President, Global Medical Affairs, Oncology for AbbVie
AbbVie selects Davenport Search Partners for the new Director of Pipeline Commercialization and Strategy, Oncology search
Davenport Search Partners successfully places Manoj Malhotra, MD from Ovid Therapeutics as the new Vice President, Global Medical Affairs, Neurosciences, Psychiatry and Eye Care for AbbVie
Davenport Search Partners successfully places Maju Mathews, MD from Perception Neurosciences as the new Executive Medical Director, Clinical Development Neurosciences for AbbVie
Davenport Search Partners wishes you and your family a very happy and safe 4th of July holiday!
Tr1X selects Davenport Search Partners for the Head of Human Resources search
Tr1X selects Davenport Search Partners for the SVP/VP of Translational Sciences search
AbbVie selects Davenport Search Partners for the new Vice President, Global Oncology Medical Affairs search
Velia selects Davenport Search Partners for the new Chief Scientific Officer search
Davenport Search Partners successfully places Viktoriya Megrabova from Fate Therapeutics as the new Head of Regulatory Affairs for Tr1X
Edgewise Therapeutics selects Davenport Search Partners for the new SVP/VP of Clinical Development search
Davenport Search Partners successfully places Elizabeth Pappadopulos, PhD from Eisai as the new Therapeutic Lead, U.S. Medical Affairs Psychiatry

2023

Davenport Executive Search is pleased to announce the successful placement of Dr. Jesse Cedarbaum from Biogen as the new Chief Medical Officer for Vanqua Bio
Davenport Executive Search is pleased to support KUSI’s Little Tommy’s Breaking and Entering Christmas 2023 to provide a local family in need a trip to Disneyland Park and Resort.
Davenport Executive Search is honored to sponsor Soldier’s Angels again this year adopting 5 military families throughout the U.S. to assure they have a a wonderful Christmas and blessed holiday season.
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Vice President, Global Medical Affairs Specialty Therapeutics and Global Operations search
Velia selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Chief Scientific Officer search
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Vice President, Global Medical Affairs Neurosciences and Eye Care search
Tr1X selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Chief Medical Officer and Head of Clinical Development search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Erik Poulsen as the new Head of Regulatory Affairs for Tr1X
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Therapeutic Area Lead, US Medical Affairs- Psychiatry search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Kathleen Davis from Stryker as the new Senior Director of Clinical Operations for Senseonics
Tr1X Bio selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Global Head of Regulatory Affairs search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Craig Emter as the new Head of Cardiovascular Pharmacology for Edgewise Therapeutics
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Head of Clinical Site Management, Americas search
Abbott selects Davenport Executive Search for the new DVP, Strategic Regulatory Affairs, Corporate search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Christine Rongey as the new Director of Medical, Clinical and Scientific Affairs for Abbott
Edgewise Therapeutics selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Head of Cardiovascular Pharmacology search
Vanqua Bio selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Head of Neuroimmunology search
Vanqua Bio selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Chief Medical Officer search
Abbott selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Commercial Director, Americas search
Senseonics selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Senior Director, Clinical Operations search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Maya Gowri from Genmark Diagnostics, a Roche Co, as the new SVP of Operations for Accelerate Diagnostics

2022

Davenport Executive Search successfully places Nathaniel McCaffrey, PhD from Broncus Medical, Inc. as the new Head of Biosensor Development for Abbott
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Khushbeer Malhotra, PhD from Qiagen as the new Head of Platform Design and New Technology for Abbott
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Richard Hope, MD, MBA from Ivantis as the new Senior Director, Global Medical Affairs for AbbVie
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Christine Rongey, MD from YPMG as the new Director, Medical, Clinical and Scientific Affairs for Abbott
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Heather Faircloth from Cepheid as the new Head of Program Management, Rapid Diagnostics for Abbott
Davenport Executive Search successfully places John Bernard, MD from Amgen as the new Senior Medical Director, Hem/Oncology for AbbVie
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Hephzibah Adamu, MD from IQVIA as the new Associate Medical Director, Hem/Oncology for AbbVie
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Pegah Jafarinasabian, MD from Amgen as the new Senior Medical Director, Hem/Oncology for AbbVie
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Christiano Ferlini, MD from AstraZeneca as the new Global Development Leader, Hem/Oncology for AbbVie
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Zhongling Feng, MD, PhD from Takeda as the new Global Development Leader, Hem/Oncology for AbbVie
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Nathaniel McCaffrey from Broncus Medical, Inc. as the new Head of Biosensor and Detection Systems, Rapid Diagnostics for Abbott
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Kurtis Montegna from Philips as the new SVP, RA/QA for Accelerate Diagnostics
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Toshihiko Oki, MD, PhD from Takeda as the new Medical Director, Hem/Onc for AbbVie
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Sarah Rickert from Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories as the new Head of RA/QA, Warren Site for Immucor

2021

Accelerate Diagnostics selects Davenport Executive Search for the new SVP, RA/QA search
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Women’s Health TA Head, US Medical Affairs
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Infectious Disease TA Head, US Medical Affairs
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Bardia Akbari from Lightship as the new Global Vice President, Oncology Therapeutic Area, Development Operations for AbbVie
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Kelly Gash from Genentech as the new Head of Clinical Development Operations, Oncology Early Development for AbbVie
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Leon Lambry as the new Head of RA/QA, Waukesha Site for Immucor
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Katie Bessette from Guardant Health as the new Head of Regulatory Affairs for Abbott Hematology
Immucor selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Head of RA/QA, Waukesha Site
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Neuroscience TA Head, Global Medical Affairs
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Sr. Director, Migraine Lead, Global Medical Affairs
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Global Vice President, Oncology TA, Development Operations
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the new Head of Clinical Development Operations, Oncology Early Development
Davenport Executive Search successfully places the new Head of Assay Development, Infectious Disease Developed Markets for Abbott
Accelerate Diagnostics selects Davenport Executive Search for the SVP, Research and Development search
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Therapeutic Area Head, Hematology, Global Medical Affairs search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Sebastian Sorsaburu from Amgen as the new Vice President, Global Medical Specialty Care for AbbVie
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Therapeutic Area Head, Gastroenterology, US Medical Affairs search
Allergan/AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for two Senior Medical Directors, Eye Care searches

2020

Our team here at Davenport Executive Search would like to wish you and your family a very happy and safe holiday season and new year!
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Vincent Wong from Instrumentation Labs/Werfen as the new VP, Software Engineering for Immucor
Davenport Executive Search selected by AbbVie for the TA Lead, Gastroenterology Medical Affairs search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Philip McLellan from Thermo Fisher Scientific as the new SVP of Operations for Quidel
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Daphne Kantis-Hulsey as the new Global DVP and General Manager, Abbott Diagnostics
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Donna Merrigan from Amgen as the new VP of Medical Affairs for Sierra Oncology
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Vice President, Global Medical Affairs, Specialty Care Therapeutics
Immucor selects Davenport Executive Search for the Vice President of Software Engineering search
Quidel selects Davenport Executive Search for the SVP of Operations search
Davenport Executive Search selected by AbbVie for the Vice President, TA Lead, Medical Affairs, International Eye Care search
Davenport Executive Search selected by AbbVie for the Vice President, Medical Affairs, US Eye Care search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Manish Gupta from Cala Health as the new Head of Clinical Affairs for Abbott Diagnostics
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Jose-Carlos Gutierrez Ramos, Venture Partner at Flagship Pioneering and CEO of Cogen Therapeutics, as the new Global Head/VP of Discovery Research for AbbVie
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Nathan Carrington from Roche as the new DVP, Regulatory Affairs for Abbott Diagnostics
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Len Poikey as the new Site Head for Abbott
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Deborah Brown from Quest Diagnostics as the new Head of US Labs for Abbott

2019

Abbott selects Davenport Executive Search for the DVP, Regulatory Affairs search
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the GM Market Access Strategy, U.S. search
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Global Head of Discovery Research search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Devendra Deshmukh from Accenture as the new General Manager, AlinIQ Center of Excellence
Abbott selects Davenport Executive Search for the DVP, Global Marketing search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Debra Mathews from Synthetic Biologics as the new Global Vice President, Medical Affairs for Sierra Oncology

Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Hans Lee from Thermo as the new Head of Research and Development, Transplant Diagnostics for Immucor
Davenport Executive Search successfully places the new Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Thomas J. Linnemeier Guidant Foundation, Indiana University/Purdue University
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Christina Hawley from Edwards Lifesciences as the new Director of Clinical Operations for Senseonics
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Dr. Phil McGurk from Pfizer as the new Head of East Coast Business Development, Acquisitions and Strategic Partnerships for AbbVie
Sierra Oncology selects Davenport Executive Search for the Global Vice President of Medical Affairs search
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the GM, U.S. Commercial, Solid Tumors search

Sierra Oncology selects Davenport Executive Search for the Global Vice President of Medical Affairs search
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the GM, U.S. Commercial, Solid Tumor search

Abbott selects Davenport Executive Search for the new GM, Commercial Operations search

Davenport Executive Search successfully places Drake Parker as the new GM, Solid Tumors for AbbVie

Immucor selects Davenport Executive Search for the Head of Research and Development, Transplantation search
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Bruce Johnson from Novartis Oncology as the new Vice President, Global Commercial Development, Oncology for AbbVie

2018

Davenport Executive Search successfully places Pamela Mann and Maggie Lewis as the two new Directors of Clinical Operations for Senseonics
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Rob Gelb as the new Chief Revenue Officer for United Claim Services (UCS)
Davenport Executive Search selected by AbbVie for the Finance Leader, Corporate Strategy Officer search

Davenport Executive Search successfully places Clare Santulli from Roche as the new Director of Regulatory Affairs, Intravascular Imaging and Diagnostics for Abbott Vascular
INSYS Therapeutics selects Davenport Executive Search for the Chief Medical Officer search
Davenport Executive Search selected by Abbott to recruit the new Director, Professional Services, Latin America and Canada
Davenport Executive Search successfully places Jennifer Janos from Cadence, LLC as the new Vice President of Finance for 360 Physical Therapy

Avelas Biosciences selects Davenport Executive Search for the CBO and Head of Business Development search
AbbVie selects Davenport Executive Search for the Head of Business Development and Acquisitions search