MARLBOROUGH, Mass.,
Oct. 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/
-- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced
the appointment of Desiree
Ralls-Morrison as senior vice president, general
counsel and corporate secretary. Ralls-Morrison will join Boston
Scientific on November 30, 2017, as a
member of the executive committee, with responsibility for
providing legal counsel across the company's global businesses and
functions, and overseeing the company's global compliance
function.
Ralls-Morrison will succeed Timothy
Pratt, executive vice president, general counsel and
corporate secretary, who announced his intention to retire from the
company in April 2017.
"Desiree is an accomplished leader in the healthcare industry
with deep expertise in broad-ranging legal matters and enterprise
business strategy," said Mike
Mahoney, chairman and chief executive officer, Boston
Scientific. "We look forward to her contributions to Boston
Scientific and the company's continued growth."
Ralls-Morrison most recently held the role of senior vice
president, general counsel, corporate secretary, and head of the
global litigation, government affairs and public policy
organizations at Boehringer Ingelheim USA. Previously, she was general counsel for
the Johnson & Johnson consumer group, having progressed through
roles of increasing responsibility including senior counsel,
assistant general counsel, and vice president of law for the
women's health, nutritionals and over the counter businesses.
Earlier in her career, Ralls-Morrison was a senior attorney and
assistant counsel at Merck & Co, Inc., focusing largely on
regulatory and product liability matters, and prior to that, she
held litigation roles at the law firms of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP and Shipman &
Goodmand LLP. She currently serves on the Danbury Hospital/New
Milford Hospital Board of Directors and The Inner-City Foundation
for Charity and Education. Desiree earned her juris doctor from
Harvard Law School, and her bachelor
of arts in economics and political science from Wesleyan University.
About Boston Scientific
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technology leader for more than 35 years, we advance science for
life by providing a broad range of high performance solutions that
address unmet patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. For
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Media Relations
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