Aviva taps Dr Jochem Caris as associate medical director

Takes role vacated by Dr Subashini M

Hemma Visavadia
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Aviva has appointed Dr Jochem Caris as its new associate medical director, where he will report to Dr Doug Wright, medical director.

Caris, who previously worked at the London Clinic, brings to his new role a medical background with a particular focus on surgery. His career, which kicked off after graduating from VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam, saw Caris join Imperial College London. At the university he took a PhD interest which looked at the quality of care from the patient's perspective. Through his research he helped create a patient outcomes database which was run by the American College of Surgeons and spanned across sites within the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. In addition, having gro...

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