$14.5 billion Medtronic has hired D. Cameron Findlay to serve as its senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary, effective Aug. 24.
The new hire follows criticism against the medical device company for certain of its relationships with physicians in recent months. Specifically, U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley is investigating the company’s relationship with a University of Minnesota spinal surgeon, whom Medtronic paid more than $1.1 million in consulting fees. In addition, Grassley also has inquired into Medtronic’s relationship with Timothy Kuklo, an Army surgeon and Medtronic consultant who was accused of falsifying research. Medtronic announced in February that it will begin disclosing payments to U.S. physicians in March of 2011.
