American CryoStem Corporation announced that Sanjay Batra, PhD, FACC has been appointed as Chairman of the Medical & Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Batra brings 20 years of global healthcare and entrepreneurial experience in biotech and large pharma. Dr. Batra was Vice President, R&D Pharmaceuticals, Asia-Pacific & Japan at Johnson & Johnson.

Most recently, Dr. Batra served as President and CEO of Aesthetic Factors, LLC, an emerging company providing autologous, point-of-care therapies in Regenerative Medicine. In this role, Dr. Batra led the commercial growth of their platelet-rich plasma and autologous fat products and was instrumental in establishing the company as the science driven leader.