Ortho Sales Partners, a company providing commercialization services for the orthopedic industry, is forming distinct orthopedics and spine divisions. The company hired Jeff Chandler and Dan Darges to lead the orthopedics division.
Here are four things to know.
1. Mr. Chandler has extensive experience commercializing total joint reconstruction, trauma and sports medicine products. Mr. Chandler was the founder, CEO and president of venture capital-backed medical device firm Aquarius Medical, which he led for six years.
2. Mr. Darges began his career as an orthopedic reconstruction and trauma representative at Smith & Nephew. In 2007, Mr. Darges founded Bio-Surg Solutions, a distributorship for Wright Medical. In 2012, he became a senior director of sales for Wright Medical's foot and ankle and biologics products.
3. Ortho Sales Partners promoted Matt Stuttle to general manager of the spine division. In the past, Mr. Stuttle has held executive management positions at Kyphon Paradigm Spine, SpineWave and most recently Spineart.
4. As co-general managers, Mr. Chandler and Darges will report to Ortho Sales Partners CEO Kevin McGann.
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