BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Allurion Technologies, Inc., a company dedicated to ending obesity, is pleased to announce two major additions to the team. Douglas Hudson has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Allurion Technologies Holdings, Inc., effective as of the anticipated consummation of the proposed business combination between Allurion and Compute Health Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: CPUH), and Tomer Stavitsky has joined as Allurion’s new Vice President of Corporate Development.
“We are incredibly excited to welcome both Doug and Tomer to Allurion,” says Dr. Shantanu Gaur, Allurion Founder and CEO. “Doug is an exceptional entrepreneur with deep experience in the consumerization of healthcare and digital products as both an operator and board member. Tomer brings a wealth of experience in healthcare M&A, partnerships and investments, and joins Allurion as we accelerate the expansion of our weight loss AI platform.”
Most recently, Mr. Hudson founded Tend where he has successfully leveraged his past experiences to reimagine the dental industry with a hospitality mindset. Previously, Mr. Hudson founded and led a range of successful consumer-facing ventures. He served as the founding CEO of SmileDirectClub and Chairman and CEO of DiabetesCareClub, CPAPCareClub and HearingPlanet, the latter of which became the largest online hearing aid distributor in the U.S. during his tenure.
“I am thrilled to join Allurion at a pivotal moment as it goes public and expands its reach to consumers all over the world,” says Mr. Hudson. “I am looking forward to working with my fellow board members and the company’s management to set a new standard for a best-in-class weight loss experience.”
As Allurion’s new Vice President of Corporate Development, Mr. Stavitsky will be focused on M&A and partnership strategy, particularly in AI and digital health. Previously, Mr. Stavitsky led M&A at Ginkgo Bioworks, and Corporate Development for the Digital & Data Business Unit at Intuitive Surgical. At Intuitive Surgical, Mr. Stavitsky evaluated hundreds of deals spanning AI and machine learning, digital health, telehealth and data analytics, and executed several key deals, including the acquisition of Orpheus Medical, which led to the establishment of Intuitive Surgical’s AI development center in Israel.
Allurion has previously announced that it is going public pursuant to the Business Combination with Compute Health and is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “ALUR” following the completion of the Business Combination.
About Allurion
Allurion is dedicated to ending obesity. The Allurion Program is a weight loss platform that combines the Allurion Gastric Balloon, the world’s first and only swallowable, procedure-less gastric balloon for weight loss, the Allurion Virtual Care Suite including the Allurion Mobile App for consumers, Allurion Insights for health care providers featuring the Iris AI Platform, and the Allurion Connected Scale and Health Tracker devices. The Allurion Virtual Care Suite is also available to providers separately from the Allurion Program to help customize, monitor and manage weight loss therapy for patients regardless of their treatment plan: gastric balloon, surgical, medical or nutritional.
For more information about Allurion and the Allurion Virtual Care Suite, please visit www.allurion.com.
Allurion is a trademark of Allurion Technologies, Inc. in the United States and countries around the world.
About Compute Health
Compute Health (NYSE: CPUH) is a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Compute Health is led by the management team of Omar Ishrak, Jean Nehmé and Joshua Fink. Compute Health’s strategy is to focus on healthcare businesses that are already leveraging or have the potential to leverage computational power, with an emphasis on companies in the medical device space, including imaging and robotics.
For more information about Compute Health please visit www.compute-health.com.
