Primary Job Title President , CEO & Director Primary Organization 
Thoratec Corporation
Gender Male
Gerhard F. Burbach joined our board of directors in January 2013.
Since January 2006, Mr. Burbach has served as president, chief executive officer, and director of Thoratec Corporation, a publicly-traded company that develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary medical devices used for circulatory support.
In addition, since October
2004, Mr. Burbach has served as a member of the board of directors of Digirad Corporation, a publicly-traded company focused on diagnostic imaging products.
From April 2005 to January 2006, Mr. Burbach served as president and chief executive officer of Digirad Corporation. From July 2003 to April 2005, he served as president and chief executive officer of Bacchus Vascular, Inc., a developer of catheter-based medical devices.
From January 2001 to July 2003, he served as chief executive officer of Philips Nuclear Medicine, a division of Philips Electronics, and, before its acquisition by Philips, worked for four years for ADAC Laboratories, most recently as president.
Mr. Burbach also spent six years with the management consulting firm of McKinsey & Company, Inc., where he was most recently a senior engagement manager in the firm’s healthcare practice.
