diaDexus, Inc. announced that Robert J. Schott, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.C., has been appointed to the position of vice president of medical affairs. Dr. Schott brings 30 years of medical experience to diaDexus, the majority as a practicing cardiologist, which will be highly relevant as the company continues to expand the market awareness of both the PLAC(R) Test ELISA Kit and the PLAC(R) Test for Lp-PLA2 Activity, simple blood tests that aid in assessing risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic stroke and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Schott most recently served as medical director and the director of cardiometabolic research at the Profil Institute for Clinical Research. Dr. Schott joins diaDexus from San Diego where he was director of cardiometabolic research at the Profil Institute for Clinical Research, which specializes in early phase clinical research in diabetes and cardiometabolic disease. Previously, Dr. Schott was the chairman of cardiology at Deborah Heart and Lung Center, and the vice president of medical affairs and chief of cardiology at Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento. Dr. Schott holds B.S., M.D. and M.P.H. degrees from the University of Michigan, where he trained in internal medicine. He trained in cardiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and was a Burgher Fellow at the Harvard Medical School. He was previously affiliated with Berkeley Heart Labs, where he was the associate director of the Lipid Institute Medical Clinic and was also a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Cardiology in Bad Nauheim.