Dr. Knudson is Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of EnteroMedics Inc. He has served as a partner of an early stage venture capital firm and as President of Johnson and Johnson Professional Diagnostics, a Johnson and Johnson Company, following Johnson and Johnson's (NYSE:JNJ) 1986 acquisition of Arden Medical Systems, a company he founded in 1983. He held positions in Research and Development management at Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc. (CPI-Guidant) and was a member of the faculty of the University of Washington School of Medicine. He was the recipient of an Individual Post-doctoral Fellowship Award from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Knudson received the Ph.D. degree in physiology from Washington State University and a B.S. degree in biology from Pacific Lutheran University. He holds numerous United States patents. He serves or has served on boards of several companies, both public and private. Dr. Knudson was elected to membership in Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society of North America in 1975 and is a Fellow of the American Heart Association.
Gregory S. Lea
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Greg S. Lea has served as our Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since May 21, 2007. Prior to joining us, Mr. Lea served as Chief Financial Officer of Pemstar Inc. from July 2002 through January 2007 when it was acquired by Benchmark Electronics, Inc. Mr. Lea also served as a director of Pemstar from April 2001 through January 2007 and held the position of Corporate Controller from April 2002 through July 2002. From 1993 to April 2002, Mr. Lea served as a corporate Vice President for Jostens Corporation, a commemorative and affiliation products manufacturer, serving most recently as corporate Vice President-Business Ventures. Prior to that, Mr. Lea held several financial management and administrative positions at IBM 69 Corporation from 1974 to 1993 and was President and a director of the Ability Building Center, Inc. from 1981 to 1993. Mr. Lea holds a B.S. in Accounting/Business Management from Minnesota State University, Mankato
Daniel L. Cohen
Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Health Policy
Daniel L. Cohen has served as our Senior Vice President of Government Relations and Health Policy since September 2009. Mr. Cohen worked as a consultant for the company from March 2009 to September 2009. Prior to joining EnteroMedics, Mr. Cohen served as Senior Vice President for Government Relations and Public Policy with US Oncology. He also served as a consultant with Inamed Corporation, a division of the Allergan Corporation, from 2001 to 2003, when he joined the company as Vice President Global, Corporate and Government Affairs, and again after the Allergan acquisition in 2006 through 2008. Mr. Cohen has experience as a Principal in a full-service government affairs firm, has served on the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), held staff positions with Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and managed political campaigns of all levels. Mr. Cohen holds a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies/International Affairs from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Willamette University.
Adrianus (Jos) Donders
Senior Vice President of Operations
Adrianus (Jos) Donders has served as our Senior Vice President of Operations since April 2005. From September 2003 to April 2005, Mr. Donders was Director Communication Systems Engineering for Medtronic USA. From June 2000 to August 2003, Mr. Donders served as Director Clinical Study Management and Research and Development Europe for Medtronic Europe. Mr. Donders received a degree equivalent to a Masters of Electrical Engineering from the Institute of Technology Eindhoven Netherlands
Scott Shikora M.D.
Consulting Chief Medical Officer
Scott Shikora, MD, FACS is currently a Professor of Surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Chief of Bariatric, Minimally Invasive, and General Surgery at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. He attended medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He completed his surgical residency and Nutrition Support fellowship at New England Deaconess Hospital in Boston and spent four years as a staff surgeon in the United States Air Force. He is a member of several medical societies and active in leadership in the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition where he is a Past President and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery where he is currently serving as their Past President and an Executive Counsel member. Dr Shikora is an Associate Editor of two surgical journals (Obesity Surgery and Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases) and a reviewer for several others. He has co-edited two nutritional textbooks and a CD ROM/DVD interactive program on the treatment of obesity, The Multidisciplinary Approach to Bariatric Surgery and Morbid Obesity. Dr Shikora has also authored numerous book chapters and journal publications and has made hundreds of presentations internationally on bariatric surgery and nutrition support topics.
Katherine Tweden Ph.D.
Vice President, Research and Clinical
Katherine S. Tweden, Ph.D. has served as our Vice President of Research since January 2003. From November 2002 to January 2003, Dr. Tweden was a consultant to Venturi Group, a medical device incubator company. From January 2003 through August 2004, Dr. Tweden worked for Venturi Development Inc. as a consultant to us. From July 1997 to October 2002, Dr. Tweden held positions including Director of Research and Vice President of Research for HeartStent Corporation. Dr. Tweden received a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry from Gustavus Adolphus College and a Masters degree and Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Iowa State University.
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