• Jeremy Curtis has been named VP of worldwide marketing of ATS Medical (Minneapolis). Curtis most recently was general manager, diagnostic cardiology marketing, for GE Healthcare. ATS makes products and services focused on cardiac surgery.

• Blair Todt was named VP and general counsel of MedCath (Charlotte, North Carolina). Also, Kevin Andrews was named VP of quality and clinical process improvement. Before joining MedCath, Todt had been associate general counsel at BearingPoint; Andrews was director of quality management at Universal Health Services.

• Robin Hughes was named VP of marketing of STAAR Surgical (Monrovia, California). Hughes joins STAAR from H Consulting. STAAR makes minimally invasive ophthalmic products.