{"id":34524,"date":"2025-08-19T03:06:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T03:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/?p=34524"},"modified":"2025-08-19T03:06:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T03:06:28","slug":"cmr-surgical-appoints-chris-ohara-to-lead-u-s-commercial-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/cmr-surgical-appoints-chris-ohara-to-lead-u-s-commercial-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"CMR Surgical Appoints Chris O\u2019Hara to Lead U.S. Commercial Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UK-based <a href=\"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/directory\/listings\/cmr-surgical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CMR Surgical<\/a> has appointed Chris O\u2019Hara as Commercial President and General Manager for the U.S., a newly created role that places him at the forefront of the company\u2019s expansion into one of the world\u2019s largest surgical robotics markets. He will report directly to CEO Massimiliano Colella.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O\u2019Hara brings over two decades of leadership experience in the medical device sector, including senior commercial roles at Virtual Incision, Intuitive Surgical, Globus Medical, and Cardiovascular Systems. He has built a track record of scaling sales and marketing operations in competitive markets, expertise that will be central as CMR grows its U.S. presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CMR recently received FDA authorization for its Versius surgical robot, which has already been used in more than 36,000 procedures worldwide. With demand accelerating, the company is preparing for wider U.S. adoption, where O\u2019Hara will oversee strategy and execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colella welcomed the appointment, calling it a timely move to strengthen commercial operations as CMR enters a new phase of growth. O\u2019Hara expressed enthusiasm for joining the company, noting that CMR\u2019s innovation and international reach provide a strong foundation to establish Versius in the U.S. market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CMR Surgical names Chris O\u2019Hara as Commercial President &#038; GM for the U.S., strengthening its market entry strategy for the Versius robot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31609,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,10,677],"tags":[793],"class_list":["post-34524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-americas","category-strategic-development","category-surgical","tag-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34525,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34524\/revisions\/34525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/g-medtech.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}