• Victor Diaz has been named senior VP of global manufacturing and supply chain management for Angiotech Pharmaceuticals (Vancouver, British Columbia). Prior to joining Angiotech, Diaz was VP of global operations at Teleflex Medical. Angiotech is a specialty medical device and pharmaceutical company.

• Jamshid Maddahi, MD, has been named medical advisor for Digirad (Poway, California). Maddahi has served as director of the biomedical imaging institute in Los Angeles. He has been a clinical professor of medicine (cardiology) and clinical professor of molecular and medical pharmacology (nuclear medicine) at the University of California Los Angeles since 1992 and 2004, respectively. Digirad makes digital gamma cameras for hospitals, imaging centers and physician offices.