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Patrick Fisher Joins Orthofix as President of Global Orthopedics Business
LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Orthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a leading global spine and orthopedics company, today announced the appointment of
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[{"type":"text","content":" LEWISVILLE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nOrthofix Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:OFIX), a leading global spine and orthopedics company, today announced the appointment of Patrick Fisher as President of the Orthofix Global Orthopedics business. In this role, Fisher will serve on the company’s Executive Leadership team, reporting to Orthofix President and CEO Massimo Calafiore.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240815706187/en/Patrick Fisher, President of Orthofix Global Orthopedics (Photo: Business Wire)\nFisher joins Orthofix from Stryker Corporation, a global medical technology company where he served as the Vice President and General Manager of the Foot and Ankle business unit. Prior to Stryker, Fisher served as the President of Lower Extremity and Biologics for Wright Medical, which was acquired by Stryker in 2020. After joining Wright Medical in 2002, he served in multiple roles of increasing responsibility including Vice President of U.S. Sales.\n\n\n“Patrick has led global teams in the successful development and execution of innovative strategies focused on driving commercial optimization across sales, marketing, R&D, clinical research and medical education,” said Calafiore. “We are excited to welcome him to our team, and I am confident his leadership, experience and broad familiarity with the Orthopedics market will help us further grow this franchise and expand our market presence.”\n\n\n“Orthofix has a uniquely differentiated orthopedics portfolio with a history of clinical innovation that goes back to its early beginnings in 1980,” said Fisher. “I have long been aware of the great products and work done by the Orthofix orthopedics team, and I am honored to have the opportunity to lead this area of the organization. I look forward to working with the team to help drive growth and accelerate this important area of the business.”\n\n\nFisher has a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from Rhodes College and a Master of Business Administration in International Business from the University of Memphis. Additionally, he is a board member of the Greater Memphis Medical Device Council, the Memphis Chairman’s Circle and the University of Tennessee Research Advisory Board.\n\n\nAs an inducement to enter into employment with Orthofix, Fisher was granted (i) per...