Intuitive announced the promotion of Global Senior Vice President of Intuitive?s endoluminal business Taylor Patton to Chief Commercial and Marketing Officer, effective July 1. Patton will join Intuitive?s Executive Leadership team and succeed Henry Charlton, who will assume the role of Senior Vice President of Global Business Operations. Charlton will work closely with Patton to support a smooth transition advancing Intuitive?s global impact and excellence in support of customers and their work to expand access to minimally invasive care. Patton?s deep experience across Intuitive?s da Vinci, Ion and Digital platforms will maximize opportunities for consistent and world-class customer support while scaling commercial operations to meet the demands of continued global growth.

Patton has held leadership positions at Intuitive spanning commercial, marketing, and clinical application engineering. As global senior vice president of Intuitive?s endoluminal business, he led the worldwide launch and growth of Intuitive's Ion platform, a complex, multi-geography initiative that required building new commercial organizations, establishing clinical programs, and introducing a differentiated technology to diverse healthcare systems around the world.