Exact Sciences Corp. appointed Paul Limburg co-chief medical officer.
Limburg is a gastroenterologist and a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic, a U.S.-based nonprofit medical practice and medical research group.
He will continue to serve as a gastroenterologist with Mayo Clinic, the Madison, Wis.-based company said.
"Limburg's valuable mix of cancer prevention experience in both the clinical and scientific research arenas will provide a great advantage to our company. He'll also guide the expansion of our relationships with key opinion leaders and institutions in the cancer community," Exact Sciences Chairman and CEO Kevin Conroy said in a statement.
Exact Sciences markets Cologuard for the detection of colorectal cancer.
