Murietta Genomics: John Spinosa

Murrieta Genomics, a business incubator with a focus on providing access to next-generation sequencing technology, has appointed John Spinosa as chief medical officer. Spinosa will also become CMO of SimpleSeq, a wholly owned subsidiary of Murrieta.

Spinosa served as a member of the medical staffs at Scripps La Jolla and Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas from 1993 to 2017 and has held numerous medical staff leadership positions including chief of staff and chair of the pathology department. He has held board and/or advisory positions with companies including Lexent Bio, Gestalt Diagnostics, Leica, and Sunquest Information Systems. He has held industry positions with Agilent Technologies, San Diego Blood Bank, Avera Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Trovagene, Verinata Health, Prometheus Laboratory, and Esoterix Oncology.