Doug Kohrs

Overview

Gender
male

Doug served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Tornier N.V. from July 2006 to November 2012.

Mr. Kohrs served as Interim Chief Financial Officer of Tornier N.V. from July 2012 to September 1, 2012.

He was an Entrepreneur- in-Residence at Split Rock Partners, LLC. He joined the Tornier SAS on September 26, 2005. He focused on new medical device opportunities and sourcing new deals to help existing portfolio companies or starting a new company.

Mr. Kohrs served as the Chief Executive Officer of American Medical Systems Holdings Inc., from April 1999 to January 2005 and led it through rapid growth and an initial public offering.

He served as a Vice President of Research and Product Development at Zimmer Spine, Inc. since January 1993.

He served as the President of American Medical Systems Holdings Inc. until March 3, 2004.

Mr. Kohrs has 20 years of experience in the medical device industry, most recently as General Manager of Sulzer Spine-Tech, Inc. from May 1998 to April 1999.

He served as the Principal Financial & Accounting Officer of Tornier N.V. Mr. Kohrs was part of the founding team at Spine-Tech when it was formed in 1991 to develop and commercialize the BAK spinal fusion cage, a novel implantable device to improve the surgical treatment of degenerative disc disease. From August 1991 to May 1998, he served as a Vice President of Research and Development, till January 1993 and Vice President of Marketing and Product Development for Spine-Tech, Inc., a predecessor of Sulzer Spine-Tech. from August 1991 to January 1993.

Mr. Kohrs has been the Chairman of American Medical Systems Holdings Inc., since March 3, 2004 and served as its Director from 1999 to March 2006.

He has been a Director of Proto Labs, Inc. since April 03, 2012. He has been a Director of Kyphon Inc. since April 2000 and ev3 Inc. since June 2005.

He serves as a Director of Axya Medical, Inc., Disc Dynamics Inc. and Pioneer Surgical Technologies. He served as an Executive Director of Tornier, Inc., from July 2006 to November 2012. He served as a Director of ev3 LLC from March 2005 to June 2005.

Mr. Kohrs served as a Director of AxioMed Spine Corporation He served as a Director of Medtronic Spine LLC from April 2000 to June 2007.

Doug holds a B.S. in Bioengineering from Texas A&M University, a BA in Engineering Sciences from Austin College, and an MBA from Northeastern University.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Doug Kohrs has 1 current jobs including Board of Directors at OmniGuide , .
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