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March 30, 2023
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STAAR names Warren Foust as chief operating officer

Fact checked byChristine Klimanskis, ELS
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Key takeaways:

  • STAAR Surgical names Warren Foust as chief operating officer.
  • Magda Michna, PhD, has been named chief clinical, regulatory and medical affairs officer.

Warren Foust has been named as chief operating officer of STAAR Surgical.

“I believe STAAR has the right technology at the right time to establish a new standard of care for refractive vision correction,” Foust said in a press release. “My focus will be on empowering our STAAR teams and equipping our surgeon customers with the tools they need to drive growth and adoption of the EVO family of lenses.”

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Warren Foust has been named as chief operating officer of STAAR Surgical.
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Foust previously served as worldwide president of Johnson & Johnson Vision, Surgical, managing approximately $1.5 billion in annual sales and 5,000 employees.

Additionally, STAAR named Magda Michna, PhD, as chief clinical, regulatory and medical affairs officer.

“I have admired STAAR’s technology and its management team for several years and look forward to leading clinical, regulatory and medical affairs,” Michna said in the release.

Foust and Michna will report to Tom Frinzi, president and CEO of STAAR.