Aetrium Incorporated announced that Daniel M. Koch, the company's Vice President -- Marketing, has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer, and Paul H. Askegaard, the company's Chief Financial Officer, has also been appointed Secretary, each effective as of November 15, 2013. Messrs. Koch and Askegaard have also been elected to the company's Board of Directors, effective as of November 15, 2013.

Joseph C. Levesque retired from the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer, and resigned from the company's Board of Directors, effective as of November 15, 2013. Douglas L. Hemer resigned from the position of Secretary and from the company's Board of Directors, effective as of November 15, 2013. Darnell L. Boehm also resigned from the Company's Board of Directors, effective as of November 15, 2013.

Following these changes, the company's Board of Directors is composed of Messrs. Koch and Askegaard, Jeffrey E. Eberwein, Richard K. Coleman, Jr. and Galen Vetter.