Ronald Petersen, MD, director of the Mayo Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center and the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging, was selected to chair the Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care and Services. The formation of the group was announced Aug. 23 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

James K. Min, MD, has joined the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute as director of cardiac imaging research and co-director of cardiac imaging.

Positron, a molecular imaging company specializing in nuclear cardiology, has relocated its PosiRx manufacturing, product research and development facility. The new office is approximately three miles from its current Fishers, Ind., location.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has announced the results of its recent election. These new officers will begin their terms at the society’s 53rd annual meeting in Miami Beach, Fla., which will be held Oct. 2-6.

Thomas Tulip, PhD, has joined radiopharmaceutical developer Neoprobe as executive vice president and chief business officer.

The American Medical Association (AMA) has tapped James L. Madara, MD, as the association’s new executive vice president (VP) and CEO. He will assume the position July 1.

GE Healthcare has shifted two members of its leadership team to differentiated product and service offerings within its healthcare unit.

Toshiba America Medical Systems has named Donald L. Fowler as the company’s new general manager and senior vice president, putting him in charge of sales, marketing and finance.

The American Society of Nuclear Cardiology has appointed Kathleen B. Flood as its Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1, 2011.

The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has replaced its editors-in-chief for both the Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM) and the Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology (JNMT), selecting Dominique Delbeke, MD, and Norman E. Bolus, MPH, CNMT, to lead the respective publications.