Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. announced the expansion of its team with the new hires of Dr. Pratap Paruchuru as executive director of clinical development, Catherine Kacprzycki as director of clinical operations and Tracy Rarick as head of operations and program management. Dr. Pratap Paruchuru has more than 16 years' experience as a pharmaceutical physician and development program leader as well as several years spent as a cardiothoracic surgeon in clinical/hospital practice. Most recently, Dr. Paruchuru was providing expertise and leadership to heart failure clinical programs at Novartis and acting as a project lead on pulmonary arterial hypertension programs at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Prior to Novartis and GSK, Dr. Paruchuru served as a Cardiology Medical Director at Covance and a Global Clinical Development Physician at AstraZeneca. Dr. Parachuru is also an experienced clinician, receiving a Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine from Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium and having held multiple faculty positions for Pharmaceutical Medicine (FFPM) of the Royal Colleges of Physicians, UK and for surgery (FRCSEd) of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Dr. Paruchru's key focus will be to lead the execution of the istaroxime early cardiogenic shock study as well as the Istaroxime acute heart failure program. Catherine Kacprzycki is a seasoned industry veteran with almost 30 years' experience in clinical operations. Catherine has successfully led clinical development teams at Endo Pharmaceuticals, CSL Behring, Sanofi Pasteur and GlaxoSmithKline. Ms. Kacprzycki is a registered nurse and is pursuing a Master's degree in Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs from Temple University. As lead for Clinical Operations, Catherine is focused on leading operational execution of the Company's multiple clinical trials. Tracy Rarick joins Windtree with more than 25 years' experience in the industry, having held leadership roles and overseen multiple clinical programs at leading pharma and biotech companies. Most recently, Ms. Rarick was director of program management at Boston Scientific (formerly BTG International). She has also held key program manager roles at Synthes, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Thomas Medical Products and Teleflex Medical and holds a B.S. in Chemistry from George Mason University. In her role at Windtree, Tracy will ensure efficient and effective project /program management with the objective of progress staying on track with targets and commitments.