Biofourmis taps former Amazon medical officer to lead virtual hospital-at-home program

Jackie Drees -

Digital therapeutics and virtual care provider Biofourmis named Maulik Majmudar, MD, its new chief medical officer, the Boston-based company said May 10.

Dr. Majmudar most recently served as CMO at Amazon, where he led the retail company's healthcare-related initiatives including the launch of Amazon Halo. Amazon unveiled the wearable health-tracking device in August 2020.

Before joining Amazon, Dr. Majmudar was the associate director of the Healthcare Transformation Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

As CMO of Biofourmis, Dr. Majmudar will oversee product management, data science and clinical affairs. He has served on the company's clinical advisory board since 2015 and the board of directors since 2019.

In December, Biofourmis launched its virtual hospital-at-home program after developing it with Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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