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Padma Sundar, Kim Dickinson

May 30, 2019

OncoCyte has appointed Padma Sundar as its senior VP of marketing and market access. The firm has also appointed Kim Dickinson as its VP of clinical operations.

Prior to OncoCyte, Sundar served as VP of strategy and market access at CellMax Life. Before CellMax, she acted as director of marketing at Guardant Health. Prior to Guardant, Sundar served as senior director at Roche Sequencing. She also held the role of senior director for Affymetrix's oncology portfolio.

Before OncoCyte, Dickinson served as VP of research and development and chief pathologist at Biocare Medical. Prior to BioCare, she served as VP of clinical operations at Roche Tissue Diagnostics. She also served as medical director for Laboratory Corporation of America' clinical trials division. Before working at LabCorp, Dickinson acted as medical director at Esoteric Testing. Prior to Esoteric, Dickinson worked at Quest Diagnostics, Citrus Valley Medical Center, and Pioneer Hospital.

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