InspireMD, Inc. announced senior leadership additions and changes intended to support the company?s commercial growth initiatives, including potential approval of the CGuard Prime stent platform in the U.S., development of new stent delivery systems, and growth in existing approved territories outside of the U.S. The company announced that it has hired Patrick Verta, MD, as Executive Vice President of Clinical and Medical Affairs. In addition, Shane Gleason, who previously served as InspireMD?s General Manager of North America and VP of Global Marketing, has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer. Dr. Patrick Verta joins InspireMD from Canary Medical, a developer of implantable remote patient monitoring sensor technology and complementary data and analytics, where he served as Chief Medical Officer.

Prior to that, he was Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Axelmed LLC, a consultancy focused on strategy and clinical, scientific, medical, and regulatory affairs for medical device companies. Before Axelmed, he spent the prior five years in various roles at Edwards Lifesciences, most recently as VP of Global Medical Affairs, Clinical Science and Biometrics in the Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Therapies (TMTT) division. Earlier in his career, he held senior leadership positions at Sunshine Heart, Neomend, Abbott Vascular (part of Abbott) and Guidant (acquired by Abbott), among others.

Dr. Verta received his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) from Faculté de Médecine in Paris.