Cook Medical Promotes Umesh Patel to Subsidiary’s Top Spot

Umesh Patel has been promoted to president of Cook Biotech, the West Lafayette, IN-based regenerative medicine subsidiary of medical device company Cook Medical. Patel has served in various positions at Cook Biotech, most recently as vice president and general manager. He joined the firm in 1995 when it spun out of Purdue University.

Author: Frank Vinluan

Xconomy Editor Frank Vinluan is a business journalist with experience covering technology and life sciences. Based in Raleigh, he was a staff writer at the Triangle Business Journal covering technology, biotechnology and energy before joining MedCityNews.com as North Carolina bureau chief. Prior to moving to North Carolina’s Research Triangle in 2007 he held business reporting positions at The Des Moines Register and The Seattle Times.