• Mary McCluskey, MD, was named chief medical officer of Amerigroup (Virginia Beach, Virginia). McCluskey previously was chief medical officer of Northeast Region of Aetna. Amerigroup offers disease management programs for 11 different conditions, ranging from asthma and diabetes to AIDS and schizophrenia.

• Jim Blazar, formerly chief marketing officer for Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland), was recently named president of Cleveland Clinic Canada, Toronto Health and Wellness Center. The center provides executive health physicals and offers many specialized health and wellness programs.

• Derek Voskuil was named GM of Cook Urological (Spencer, Indiana). Voskill is a 10-year veteran of the Cook Medical organization with experience in production, operations and quality assurance.

• The board of Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, Califronia) named Paul Redmond corporate VP of global vascular operations. Most recently, he served as VP of cardiovascular technologies at Cordis Cardiology. Edwards Lifesciences specializes in advanced cardiovascular disease treatments.