Toshiba Medical names Komatsu as president, CEO

Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, the parent company of Toshiba America Medical Systems, has appointed Kenichi Komatsu, MD, as president and CEO.

Komatsu will replace Masamichi Katsurada, who will now serve as an adviser to the board of TMSC and Toshiba, according to the Tustin, Calif.-based company.

As a graduate of Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan, Komatsu joined Toshiba in 1978 and most recently served as executive vice president of TMSC.

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